biggest media political the biggest media political stitch up since partygate.7 >> stay tuned and you'll find out next up, the royal racist . out next up, the royal racist. >> the book is being pulped in the netherlands after an accidentally leaking the names of the two royal racists . of the two royal racists. >> innocent mistake. cynical media manipulation or a career ending lawsuit coming scobie's way. stick around for that one. >> next , another day, way. stick around for that one. >> next, another day, more bedlam on immigration. a bruising pmqs. keir starmer accused rishi sunak of losing control. yeah, that phrase losing control of immigration. the tories hit back with a blistering attack campaign , blistering attack campaign, saying starmer wants open borders and even helped illegal criminals to escape britain. >> more chaos on immigration. and finally, the covid inquiry rumbles on. >> today it was savage javids turn to queue up and have a pop at boris johnson. and he said, bofis at boris johnson. and he said, boris wasn't even in charge of

his own government. we'll have all the latest on that all coming up in the next hour. all the latest on that all coming up in the next hour . so coming up in the next hour. so let me know your thoughts. vaiews@gbnews.com about this . vaiews@gbnews.com about this. what seems to be now a cold ordinated attack on nigel farage seems to be setting out to discredit him. >> do you think that's true or is this all kind of conspiracy theory .7 theory? >> but stick around for the next houn >> but stick around for the next hour. you'll see we've got some fresh juice from the jungle. all of that coming up after your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you. the latest from the newsroom. the israeli army are investigating claims made by the hamas terror group that a family thought to be held hostage has been killed in an israeli bombardment of the gaza strip. ten month old kfir bibas and his four year old brother along with their mother, were previously thought to still be

held in captivity . it's after held in captivity. it's after israel has received a further list of people to be released by hamas later today. list of people to be released by hamas later today . the exchange hamas later today. the exchange of hostages for palestinian prisoners will be the sixth in the extended truce between israel and hamas, set to expire tomorrow morning. israeli officials say any additional ceasefire agreement would have to include a guarantee that all women and children still in captivity are freed . captivity are freed. spokesperson for the israeli government , ellen levi, says government, ellen levi, says they won't rest until they bring home every hostage , 161 people home every hostage, 161 people remain as hostages in the gaza strip. >> that number includes 146 israelis and 15 foreigners. that doesn't include dual nationals. 126 are men and 35 are women. and there are still four children under the age of 18. four aged 18 to 19. and ten people aged 75 and older, including the husbands of many of the elderly women who have

been released from captivity and now returning home with their husbands. still hostages of hamas . hamas. >> the prime minister has accused his greek counterpart of trying to grandstand over the possession of the elgin marbles . possession of the elgin marbles. rishi sunak defended his decision to cancel a planned meeting between the pair at pmqs this afternoon. greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has posted his disappointment on social media, saying the acropolis is where the sculptures belong. labour leader sir keir starmer joked, saying the prime minister spent this week arguing about an ancient relic that only a tiny minority of the british public have any interest in. meanwhile the pair clashed on their illegal migration views, with starmer accusing the government salary disparity for illegal disparity as fuel for illegal migrants to enter the country with the facts, he's prosecuting his one man war on reality and that reality is stuck under this government . government. >> a bricklayer from overseas can be paid £2,500 less than

somebody who's already here. a plasterer. £3,000 less, an engineer, £6,000 less. the list goes on. it's absurd. labour would scrap his perverse , wage would scrap his perverse, wage cutting policy. why won't he ? cutting policy. why won't he? >> nottingham city council says it's in severe financial distress and unable to deliver a balanced budget . the council has balanced budget. the council has issued the labour run council nofice issued the labour run council notice the same measure taken by birmingham in september. it means all new spending is frozen with the exception of protections for vulnerable people and statutory services. the labour run council insists it's not bankrupt and has sufficient financial resources to meet all its current obugafions. to meet all its current obligations . an inquest has obligations. an inquest has found all four teenagers drowned following a car crash in north wales. the bodies of jevon hirst harvey owen will fitchett and hugo morris were found in a silver ford fiesta on november 21st, which had left the road at garreg, overturned and was partially submerged in water.

the a—level students had failed to return home to shropshire from an overnight camping trip to the snowdonia area . labour to the snowdonia area. labour has set out measures aimed at protecting small businesses from anti—social behaviour . shadow anti—social behaviour. shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds says town centre police patrols will be introduced if the party wins the next election . in a gb news exclusive , he . in a gb news exclusive, he told our economics and business editor halligan the editor liam halligan the disparity between larger companies small businesses companies and small businesses is growing. >> legitimate concerns about the pubuc >> legitimate concerns about the public sector and how it relates to late payments. so look, we will take that and put that into the plan. what we've fundamentally tried to do, however, is not just say the solution to this is particular target or rights for smaller businesses, because they will tell us, well, look, you can have the right to enforce contractual terms on a on a larger business if that is such an customer to you. an important customer to you. you're position to do you're not in a position to do that why what we've that. and that's why what we've put this argument put forward is this argument around transparency, around having audit committees report

on larger businesses on how quickly larger businesses are paying their smaller suppliers so that we can all see as consumers, as customers, what is exactly going on. >> and a controversial new book about the royal family has been pulled from bookshelves in the netherlands . endgame has been netherlands. endgame has been taken off dutch shelves amid reports the book names members of the royal family who allegedly , allegedly asked about allegedly, allegedly asked about the colour of harry and the skin colour of harry and meghan's son before he was born. the publisher says an the dutch publisher says an error occurred in the translation that's currently being rectified. the new version will be available in bookstores in the country by friday. 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 back to . martin >> thank you very much, tatiana. okay, well, we start with our very own nigel farage, an itv are facing a furious backlash over racism allegations against the gb news presenter nigel

kwasi is accused of making a racist comment in a video he filmed for a member of the pubuc filmed for a member of the public two years ago on the cameo platform, i'm joined now in studio by charlie peters to go through this. charlie it seems every day there's a fresh row over farage in the jungle. this one, though, appears to be the most serious so far. so the cameo platform is like a video sharing platform where you can pay sharing platform where you can pay celebrities or public figures to send a message back to you . to you. >> if you send them a script over and he sent over 4000 cameos since 2021. >> so nice learner, i think for mr farage. >> i know one friend who's i think must have spent over a grand on on cameos to sarah palin, the former presidential candidate in the states . candidate in the states. >> but the accusation that itv is expected to release today, according to the express, is that mr farage made a racist statement while recording one of

these cameo videos. now, allies close to farage say today that this is a racism stitch up that they are attempting to portray him in this negative light because itv haven't managed to get him to play that role in the jungle. actually, he's come across as quite jovial and lots of people around the country are very much enjoying his contribution . jones now, also in contribution. jones now, also in the last hour, we've had some fresh developments on this story. allies close to mr farage say , say that itv has yet to say, say that itv has yet to send him the clip in question. they've asked three times and all they've been sent is the transcript . so what's going on transcript. so what's going on here? when is itv going to release this footage? and indeed, they're investigation also another question that needs to be asked is how long have they been sitting on this footage for ? when did they come footage for? when did they come into contact with this supposedly harmful and offensive content? have they been waiting to release this he's been to release this while he's been in jungle? in the jungle? >> it certainly feels to many people that that be the

people that that may be the case. the first vote of his sunday, december the 3rd is 14 days after the show started. and it appears that it's going to drop round or that time or thereabouts . and this follows, thereabouts. and this follows, doesn't it, after kevin lygo made some disparaging comments about farage at an itv event, it so a lot of people starting to think if they join the dots here, is there some conspiracy theory going on? not only to starve him of air time, but perhaps his potential perhaps to damage his potential future political career, is there merit in that or is there any merit in that or is this conspiracy theory? well our man on the ground in the gold coast, leo, he this coast, ben leo, he said this morning theory is that morning that his theory is that there attempt harm there is an attempt to harm farage reputation through these little leaks. >> and also what he said was selective editing of the programs. >> leo he splashed this morning, a great scoop about the idea that a section of the program had been edited out where nigel was talking about donald trump of course, a close ally of mr farage. and there was a discussion there that had

apparently been removed from the programme. itv rejected this claim, but last night, an extra 15 minutes was put in to the programme last minute. but we did see a bit more of nigel. i think we can take a watch now . think we can take a watch now. >> why do they say water like thatis >> why do they say water like that is like a joke or something? we say it, we go patchwall. it's a jamaican version of saying water. they say water. >> you got to boil your water and they say your water. >> but if you sang that, they'd call cultural appropriation. call it cultural appropriation. >> weren't. no, they >> fred. they weren't. no, they were . no, but everybody were. no, but everybody everybody's doing max and is it cultural appropriation? >> i hate it when suits . >> i hate it when suits. >> i hate it when suits. >> they criticise when suits . >> they criticise when suits. >> they criticise when suits. >> what do you mean? nigel >> what do you mean? nigel >> if a white person does a black accent that's considered to be a crime, you know they should be cancelled. >> it depends what context. >> it depends in what context. if taking you're if you're taking the or you're taking but if you're not, taking the. but if you're not, then you're not. so you can't sort of can't win sort of sort of can't win territory . now, just territory. now, it just depends on context that we're on the context that we're talking about. >> like it's just

>> he was saying like it's just about population. the about the population. but the way promoted that in way that he's promoted that in his just been a bit his work has just been a bit inhumane know what i inhumane almost, you know what i mean? hang on, mean? and it's like, hang on, just feels to me, charlie, that they're trying to get a glove on nigel's chin in any way they possibly can, first with brexit, now with racism and all. >> nigel says they're know quite clearly is, well, what are the rules around this cultural appropriation nonsense? let's be frank. that's been pulled out of thin air. it seems to have found every body of ella's age, and yet he's saying, what the yet he's saying, what are the rules? understands rules? nobody understands it. and, know, that's valid point. >> t sure. t— t sure. and as the point. >> sure. and as the saying >> yeah, sure. and as the saying goes, can't barrage the goes, you can't barrage the farage. and i don't think farage. and so far i don't think any those gloves have any of those gloves have touched his which perhaps why his chin, which is perhaps why this growing that the this theory is growing that the bosses and producers behind the scenes are potentially moving to put more scorn onto nigel's character and reputation through perhaps more nefarious means. >> and it's worth pointing out that itv news, who are planning to do this thing , are quite to do this thing, are quite separate from itv entertainment. the you often find media

departments work in competition. it might it might seem like it should be joined up. they're often not to give some credit to them, but certainly the public opinion, backlash on this opinion, the backlash on this has massive. people do feel has been massive. people do feel he's shunted badly down he's been shunted badly down under and they're rallying behind their man. >> yeah, and the question remains to what extent do the team behind and i'm a celeb know about these allegations how long did they know about them and also how long did the itv news arm of the corporation sit on these claims ? once we know that these claims? once we know that this whole story will become a lot clearer? >> okay, super . lot clearer? >> okay, super. thank you very much, charlie peters, and thanks for bringing us those extra lines of juice. we had a statement to read out, but it's been superseded by new line. been superseded by the new line. so charlie peters. so thank you. charlie peters. okay, i'm joined by former okay, i'm joined now by former conservative minister edwina currie, appeared currie, who of course appeared in celebrity in 2014. in i'm a celebrity in 2014. hello, edwin. it's always a pleasure to see you on the show. ihope pleasure to see you on the show. i hope you're keeping well. so first of all, nigel, is cause being substantial numbers of being a substantial numbers of rumbles in the jungle and now ,

rumbles in the jungle and now, of course, this has moved on to the fact this is part of some greater nefarious take down to smear him as a racist and damage his do you his political career. do you think has merit? think the idea has any merit? >> well, i don't think we should worry too much about nigel. i mean, he's been around for a very long time and been through far worse than this . and indeed, far worse than this. and indeed, if you look at the mailonline poll this morning, you'll find that in the question you know, who should win the jungle? >> way, ahead. >> he's way, way ahead. and i think might have think that might have concentrated itv . concentrated minds at itv. >> but bear in mind, there's loads and loads of footage, loads and loads of footage, loads of footage. it is edited . loads of footage. it is edited. all of it is edited . and what all of it is edited. and what they're looking for is an interesting narrative arc . and i interesting narrative arc. and i suspect that actually there a little disappointed when it comes to nigel because he's turned out to be affable and pleasant and polite and competent, and he's not crying and he's not refusing to eat things and he's making himself helpful and he's a whole host of things that mean that i should

think actually he's fairly frustrating as a topic. they've paid him enormous amount of money to be highly controversial and on the whole, really he isn't. >> yeah, because quite often times you find that the headline is written in advance. is it? nigel is a racist. you know, nigel's deplorable and we're going to prove it. and then suddenly it's like, oh, actually he's quite friendly. he's getting on everyone and he getting on with everyone and he dnnks getting on with everyone and he drinks champion and drinks pints like a champion and let's just edit him out of it then. and get around it that way. you think that's what's way. do you think that's what's happening ? happening? >> i suspect that something like that has happened that actually very little available to the very little is available to the editors. that's interesting and exciting and we've got a very dull people in there, in my humble opinion. dull people in there, in my humble opinion . there's nobody humble opinion. there's nobody with any real personality or character . and to my surprise , character. and to my surprise, nigel appears to be behaving so well that he's not really giving them any any hooks to hang anything much on. that's why they're looking outside and it's a dangerous search because if they find something from , you

they find something from, you know, maybe a very long time ago or something a little unguarded , or something a little unguarded, that might paint him in very bad light . it's like racism then , light. it's like racism then, actually, they've got to let him go. they've got to remove him from there. that would mean that all their investment is then wasted they're wasted because then they're stuck of people stuck with a bunch of people with 1 or 2 exceptions that would send you to sleep at 9:00 at night, not keep you awake and excited ready to vote . excited and ready to vote. >> edwina, we saw with the >> and edwina, we saw with the natwest bank scenario the furore around that and the bbc reporter who happened to be at dinner at the same time as the dame in question and the accusation is then floated of the mindset set of liberalism of remainers , of liberalism of remainers, which seems impervious and natwest and the bbc. could that, do you think, be an element at play do you think, be an element at play here with the itv sting is there then they've hardly been complimentary towards nigel or

brexit historically . is this too brexit historically. is this too tempting for them to ignore to go for a sting on mr. brexit? >> well, there's a very good reason why they've invited him to join them in the jungle and paid him a lot of money to persuade him to do so because he said, been asked said, you know, he'd been asked many and refused . and this many times and refused. and this time basically they him an time basically they made him an offer he felt was unwise to offer that he felt was unwise to refuse. i mean, he could pay off a with that kind of sum a mortgage with that kind of sum of money, couldn't you? and there's they wanted there's a reason why they wanted him. thought going him. they thought he was going to be really exciting and would pull in lots and lots of viewers . and you know, i find myself watching on exactly that basis. but he is polite. he is friendly. he's a bit like a dad . friendly. he's a bit like a dad. he's he's the only interesting thing he's done is have a shower without his clothes on. and we only saw a glimpse of that right at the beginning. and i think we all got rather excited. everything else, if that is the

real nigel that we're seeing, then he's a much nicer person than everybody was predicting and expect thing. those of you who work with him at gb news have always said this, that he is actually a very decent bloke. those who don't like his views will assume that he's not a decent bloke, that he's not a nice bloke. but that's a nonsense . political views are nonsense. political views are held by all sorts of people. i would have wished that he would flirt a bit more with the women and that he would form relationships with the blokes. he seems to me a little bit too passive. i think if you're going to be in the jungle and do well, you have to be a bit of a character and that's not coming out with nigel. >> well , he flushed out with nigel. >> well, he flushed is out with nigel. >> well , he flushed is down >> well, he flushed is down under a couple of times a winner and it seemed to quite excite you. more does he have to you. what more does he have to do the opposite sex, do to court the opposite sex, have an argument with somebody. >> that's what he has to do is to have an argument with somebody where we can all take sides and where we recognise that there are sides. i mean,

for example, he might easily have called out nella for her opinions on how perhaps a jamaican would speak because her family background is no more jamaican than his is and he might have had an argument with her about brexit because she was actually born in belgium. but he that's if it's happened , we've that's if it's happened, we've not seen it. the editors have got to take on board whatever is said there. and if there isn't enough material to be exciting , enough material to be exciting, then they, you know, they can't manufacture for it. if i were nigel, i think i would try very hard to be a lot more interesting and attractive and charming and everything that he's learned from all those years spent on the continent about how to talk to everyone. >> okay. edwina one final question. i'd like to probe you on, if i could, before you go. and that is his his announcement in there that he wouldn't rule out becoming the next

conservative leader. now, as a former conservative grandee yourself, what do you reckon ? yourself, what do you reckon? >> well, i'm still a grandee . >> well, i'm still a grandee. i'm president of our local conservative association. he's got several hurdles he would have to cross . the first hurdle have to cross. the first hurdle is he would have to get himself out of there with a good reputation , not a bad one, reputation, not a bad one, because the party will not accept people who've got a bad reputation all sorts of reputation on on all sorts of grounds , and quite rightly. the grounds, and quite rightly. the second is he's got to persuade some conservative association to adopt candidate . and adopt him as a candidate. and most them have done that most of them have done that already for the already in preparation for the general election, which we're expecting year . general election, which we're expecting year. he's then expecting next year. he's then actually got to persuade people to elect him and that might be a bit of a difficulty . and then bit of a difficulty. and then when he gets into parliament, which he has failed to do on the seven previous when seven previous occasions when he's get into the house he's tried to get into the house of commons, he's then got to persuade them that he's the best thing since sliced and thing since sliced bread and can lead in the next lead them to victory in the next general election. i don't think any of those is a i don't think

i wouldn't put money on any of those . those. >> okay. i'm taking that as a yes. edwina currie, former present and future tory grandee. thank you very much for joining us today on gb news. always a pleasure. now we have approached itv for comment and we will bnng itv for comment and we will bring you their comments if they get back to us. and we will, of course, lots on that course, have lots more on that story the show. story throughout the show. plenty fresh juice and plenty of fresh juice and there's plenty of coverage on our , gbnews.com. and our website, gbnews.com. and you've make it the you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website so website in the country. so thanks to of you for doing thanks to all of you for doing that. thanks to all of you for doing that . now, thanks to all of you for doing that. now, omid scobie is controversial book has been taken off the shelves in the netherlands it named the netherlands after it named the two alleged royal racists who have made those comments . two alleged royal racists who have made those comments. i martin daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news channel .

sunday mornings from 930 on . gb news. >> welcome back. 324 you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news later this hour of news of a fresh tory attack on sir keir starmer over immigration action once again. but now to the fallout from omid scobie's controversial book about the royal family and copies of endgame have been taken off bookshelves in the netherlands and that's after the dutch version named two royals who are alleged to have made comments about the colour of prince archie's skin . well, i'm prince archie's skin. well, i'm joined now in the studio by gb news royal correspondent cameron

walker. cameron, you've got a copy of the book. >> i do. this one is safe from the pulp because it's the engush the pulp because it's the english version and it's the dutch one, which is being hastily taken off of bookshelves in the netherlands . now, hastily taken off of bookshelves in the netherlands. now, in hastily taken off of bookshelves in the netherlands . now, in the in the netherlands. now, in the last couple of hours, we've had a statement, a new statement from the dutch publisher which said rectified edition of said the rectified edition of end game by omits scobie will be in bookstores on friday the 8th of december and is temporarily, temporarily removed the book from sale due to an error that occurred in the dutch edition. now is word missing occurred in the dutch edition. now that is word missing occurred in the dutch edition. now that statementrd missing occurred in the dutch edition. now that statement as�*nissing occurred in the dutch edition. now that statement as compared from that statement as compared to the one that they previously released and that is translation. so now they just say an error because they both omits scobie, the author and the publisher maintain that it's a translation error which led to these two particular names ending up in the book. but from comparing that translation to this english version here, which i've got in my hand, it's so fundamentally different, different that those particular

passages that it's really hard to see how that is the case. >> and it does feel like the equivalent of the dog ate my homework as an excuse goes, you can't translate kate a name out of thin air. it was either there or it wasn't there. and that begs the question innocent mistake, idiotic oversight , or mistake, idiotic oversight, or potentially a law ending legal suit. >> and that's a lot of people. that's what a lot of people are asking the question of this afternoon. omid scobie again this afternoon has said he has only written and edited the engush only written and edited the english version of end game and can only comment on that manuscript that which does not name the two individuals who took in the conversation took part in the conversation about archie's skin. a couple of opfions about archie's skin. a couple of options as you said, it could very much we could do have to take perhaps their word as gospel and say it was just an error or was it a manuscript which was then legalised and the names were taken out, but somebody to tell the somebody forgot to tell the dutch publisher went dutch publisher before it went to is it something more to print or is it something more sinister? the problem is we

don't know . buckingham palace don't know. buckingham palace and kensington palace both not commenting on on the books as a whole whatsoever , but it's kind whole whatsoever, but it's kind of backing them into a bit of a corner because now everybody is speculating as to who these two individuals well, the names individuals are. well, the names are out there. >> and i know names on >> you and i know the names on the internet does. but if we said them in britain, we'd be absolutely obliterated legally. said them in britain, we'd be abscquestion literated legally. said them in britain, we'd be abscquestion iserated legally. said them in britain, we'd be abscquestion is ,'ated legally. said them in britain, we'd be abscquestion is , ised legally. said them in britain, we'd be abscquestion is , is doesgally. said them in britain, we'd be abscquestion is , is does that the question is, is does that same rule apply ? bannau in the same rule apply? bannau in the netherlands ? can could the netherlands? can could the royals have a legal suit against either the author or the publisher in that country, or do you think they just wouldn't choose go that route and choose to go that route and instead might just fire a torpedo across the bow just to sort don't again ? sort of say, don't do it again? >> so this morning, in at least one bookshop in the netherlands, >> so this morning, in at least one book shop in the netherlands, >> so this morning, in at least one book shop still 1e netherlands, >> so this morning, in at least one book shop still 1e isale. rlands, >> so this morning, in at least one book shopstill�*ne isale. rickis, the book was still on sale. rick evers, a dutch journalist, was speaking on gb news speaking to us here on gb news this , and he says there this morning, and he says there is stopping the dutch is nothing stopping the dutch publications publishing publications from publishing those names in their newspapers over their public arena. exactly. but at buckingham palace and kensington palace ,

palace and kensington palace, both have history of if they if something's really bothering them, they will take action. just when a topless just remember when a topless photographs of the duchess of cambridge ended up on the on the french magazine, they successfully sued for that. so they're not afraid to sue. international publications. but at the moment, there is nothing to that is going to to suggest that that is going to be happening kensington be happening in kensington palace, both palace, buckingham palace, both remaining this. remaining silent on this. >> a lawsuit, do you >> would a lawsuit, do you think, give this book, these allegations and this author is, let's face it, they think is probably a bit shabby. >> would it give him credence ? >> would it give him credence? would it give him what he wants, the publicity the the oxygen of publicity is the best response , that dignified best response, that dignified royal well we're royal silence. well we're certainly all talking about it. >> both papers broadcasts >> both papers and broadcasts across the uk. so everybody's talking about the book. his first publication, finding freedom, was a big bestseller . i freedom, was a big bestseller. i suspect this one could do particularly well, because if you love, although the royal family people want to know the juicy and amid in his juicy details. and amid in his defence probably done that defence is probably done that quite well. this is a very well

written book, but i just must add that both everyone in the royal household in buckingham palace and kensington palace are not on the book as a not commenting on the book as a whole. i'm not talking specifically about any allegations that have been raised in last 24 hours. raised in the last 24 hours. >> i guess now there will be >> so i guess now there will be the blame game of who the internal blame game of who was who inserted , was the person who inserted, cited the or didn't remove cited the names or didn't remove the names or over saw the whole thing and failed to do their job? or are we being played like puppets on a string , or was it puppets on a string, or was it just a really, really poor translation option? >> the question the problem is we don't know. and the both dutch publishers and amidst maintaining the line that it's some kind of error translation error rather anything error rather than anything malicious, people can malicious, of course people can speculate if there is speculate that if there is something in i something more in this, i suspect not going to know. suspect we're not going to know. but i know for a while. but who knows? we might find out something in the next few days or have actually or so. and have you actually finished or so. and have you actually fini lied or so. and have you actually finii know yesterday or so. and have you actually fini i know yesterday you're or so. and have you actually finii know yesterday you're about >> i know yesterday you're about halfway through. >> yeah, almost. >> yeah, almost. >> about three >> almost. i'm about three quarters, just over three quarters, just over three quarters the through. quarters of the way through. well, painted for

well, you painted it for a living, at least. living, so at least. >> it's not necessarily >> at least it's not necessarily your you. cameron your choice. thank you. cameron walker, always a pleasure. i know been talking about know you've been talking about this for days. you this all day and for days. you deserve break. thank you deserve a good break. thank you very much. okay. there's still lots come between lots more to come now between now why now and 4:00. and find out why james under more james cleverly is under more pressure to clamp down on legal migration last week's migration after last week's record breaking figures of 745,000 did net to the uk an all time record. but first, your latest news headlines with tatyana sanchez . tatyana sanchez. >> martin, thank you. your top stories from the newsroom. the israeli military is investigating reports that a ten month old baby, his four year old brother and their mother have been killed in an airstrike in gaza. kfir bibas ariel bibas and shiri bibas were previously thought to be held hostage by the hamas terror group in response to the claims, the israel defence forces have said it is hamas who are wholly responsible for the security of all hostages in the gaza strip.

meanwhile, israeli officials say any additional ceasefire agreement would have to include agreement would have to include a guarantee that all women and children still in captivity are freed . sir keir starmer says the freed. sir keir starmer says the government is to blame for raising rates of migration as he promised to scrap laws that allow employers to pay people from overseas less than british workers. rishi sunak conceded that immigration is too high, but insists the number is coming down. >> it's really a bit rich to hear about this from someone who described all immigration law as racist, who literally said it was a mistake to control all immigration. we have taken steps and we will take further steps , and we will take further steps, which is why recent estimates of immigration show that it's slowing . it's why next year, the slowing. it's why next year, the immigration health surcharge will increase by over two thirds. it's why immigration fees are going up by up to 35% >> nottingham city council says it's in severe financial distress and unable to deliver a

balanced budget . the council has balanced budget. the council has issued a section 114 notice the same measure taken by birmingham in september. it means all new spending is frozen , with the spending is frozen, with the exception of protections for vulnerable people and statutory services . the labour run council services. the labour run council insists it's not bankrupt and has sufficient financial resources to meet all its current obligations . and an current obligations. and an inquest has found all four teenagers drowned following a car crash in north wales. the bodies of jevon hirst harvey owen will fitchett and hugo morris were found in a silver ford fiesta on november 21st, which had left the road at garreg overturned and was partially submerged in water. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com . for stunning gold gbnews.com. for stunning gold and silver coins. >> you'll always value. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report.

gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . at news financial report. at >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2701 and ,1.1562. the price of gold . £1,610.43 per price of gold. £1,610.43 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7422 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> thank you very much, tatiana. now it's been another day, another row about immigration. but today the tories have really gone on the attack and they've targeted specific sir keir starmer personally in the last couple of hours they've posted on x or twitter, whatever you want to call it these days , want to call it these days, claiming that the labour leader wants open borders and in prime minister's questions today, rishi sunak defended the government's record on migration i >> -- >> it's really a bit rich to hear about this from someone who

described all immigration law as racist , but who literally said racist, but who literally said it was a mistake to control immigration. we have taken steps and we will take further steps, which is why recent estimates of immigration show that it's slowing . it's why next year, the slowing. it's why next year, the immigration health surcharge will increase by over two thirds. it's why immigration fees are going up by up to 35% >> okay. let's speak to our political editor, christopher hope now. chris, always a pleasure to talk to you today on immigration. absolutely moved front and centre of the next general election campaign, didn't it? storm accusing the tories of losing control of open revolt in the government and then the tory party straight after pmqs hit back with this astonishing attack ad campaign, very reminiscent of the brutal stuff that labour were putting out, of course, against rishi sunak and some of the messaging it has to be said, chris, is pretty spicy . pretty spicy. >> that's right. martin it's

even for me as a seasoned, hackneyed viewer of westminster, i find it a bit depressing that both sides are going to battle on on net migration and illegal migration. but neither, frankly , migration. but neither, frankly, have got the got the answer to the problem which affects and concerns so many gb news viewers . as for one part, you've got how labour have going gone after the pm. rightly so. i mean , net the pm. rightly so. i mean, net migration has increased since 2019 by a factor of 2 or 3 compared to a fall as was pledged by the tory party when they won that massive majority in 2019. but what if labour got to offer not much and indeed in prime minister's questions you heard there, didn't you? how the pm attacked sir keir starmer, who once apparently that who said once apparently that restrictions on economic migration was economic vandalism . but on the government's watch , . but on the government's watch, on mr sunak's watch, on boris johnson's watch, the numbers have hit a record well over 700,000 for the year. at the end of last year, probably another almost certainly another big

number for this current year because in the in the two years to june 20th, 22, 1.2 million people arrived than left people more arrived than left this country where are they all going to go? they are putting pressure on gp surgeries, waiting lists as as same in dentists . it's the same on dentists. it's the same on school places. red wall tory mps are spitting feathers . the tory are spitting feathers. the tory right is saying to the government, do something about it. but nothing's happening. we're weeks that. we're two weeks after that. rwanda ruling by the supreme court . no sign rwanda ruling by the supreme court. no sign of this new treaty with rwanda , no sign of treaty with rwanda, no sign of new laws to disapply new emergency laws to disapply human rights legislation to some of these illegally arrived migrants to then allow to take them back to rwanda. the bill keeps rising. we hear today from the top civil servant in the home office. he says that the £140 million we've given so far to rwanda is for the previous financial years, the current financial years, the current financial years, the current financial year figure. we won't know till next year . so despite know till next year. so despite all this, you'd think it should be an open goal for labour. it isn't because labour's answer is

really to work more closely with the eu, work more closely with europol, perhaps sign more bilateral deals with non eu countries . but that isn't an countries. but that isn't an answer either. so neither political party appears to be willing to grip this opportunity given to them by the brexit vote in 2016 to take back control of borders. but they're not doing it. so all talk is going it. so all the talk is going nowhere. each are attacking the other for not doing enough or not promising to do enough. and all time people arrive , all the time more people arrive, putting pressure on communities. >> and as you say, chris, this is down on the cobbles. it's dirty talking. it's not what the conservatives ordinarily would do. starmer wants open borders, starmer believes all immigration laws are racist . starmer laws are racist. starmer campaigned for foreign crooks to stay. starmer supports illegal workers. starmer never voted to stop the boats. chris the big question is this feels like 2019 all over again. things will be much worse under jeremy corbyn. don't vote for that guy. he'll screw the country up. will that

wash anymore? because as you say, the tories have been at the helm for 13 years and they're the that have experienced the ones that have experienced record levels . record immigration levels. >> i'm not sure it will wash, but i'm not sure the labour's got much of an answer to what the tories are claiming. the problem is that the tories have done nothing about it. i mean this power to control net migration. i mean i remember i'm old enough as you are, martin, to david cameron old enough as you are, martin, to to david cameron old enough as you are, martin, to to get david cameron old enough as you are, martin, to to get the david cameron old enough as you are, martin, to to get the number, meron old enough as you are, martin, to to get the number, the on pledged to get the number, the number of net arrivals down to tens thousands. that's tens of thousands. that's under 100,000 they've never 100,000 a year. they've never got that was back in got near that. that was back in 2010. instead, the figures gone exponentially upwards. i mean, in one way, it's a good news story that people want to come here, to move to the uk and here, want to move to the uk and settle here. but it is putting pressure on communities and that's the problem . where do that's the problem. where do they where are they going to live? the house prices are spiralling. the there's a huge shortage of decent rental properties for people to people to live in. it can't carry on. but the treasury just net behind

me in number 11 downing street they want on average around 240,000 net new arrivals to keep the economy growing because the growth is so anaemic. that's why there's pressure on mel stride, there's pressure on mel stride, the work and pensions secretary, to try and get some of the 5 million people on benefits back into work. even working from home or losing some of their perks being on benefits such perks of being on benefits such as free passes. so it's a as free bus passes. so it's a difficult issue. but the tories haven't really gripped it. they haven't really gripped it. they have had a war in ukraine to cope the government. they cope with the government. they have a pandemic. so there have had a pandemic. so there are priorities . but are other priorities. but there's no question that this is one the election one of the election battlegrounds, maybe the main one. think as we go into 2024. one. i think as we go into 2024. >> well, a yougov poll of issues that are important to voters of last night said that immigration is now the key principle election vote issue with conservatives . so it certainly conservatives. so it certainly is. but i wonder if this this focus on illegal immigration is rather cynical because the details came out of those visas work visas, chris, that were granted 32,000 care worker visa

as and when you look into it, they paid 20% less than a british worker . and there are british worker. and there are huge schemes to get foreign workers to come to in do these poorly paid jobs. workers to come to in do these poorly paid jobs . and when you poorly paid jobs. and when you look at that , it's hard not to look at that, it's hard not to appreciate that that is a legalised form of slave labour and yet now here we are once again talking about illegal immigration. maybe that's what the tories want . the tories want. >> i think it's a bit strong to say it's a slave labour, but i mean that's the deal that that employers can offer, can bring down a discount on the £26,000 a year to get a visa in areas where there's a shortage. and you mentioned there social care settings . that's the problem . so settings. that's the problem. so these numbers are very big. but if you break down the aggregate level, different sectors can make a call for that. we want to have for our elderly . we have care for our elderly. we want to have more care in hospitals . the pressure on the hospitals. the pressure on the government is to find british people here to do those people living here to do those jobs. people living here to do those

jobs . and that goes back to jobs. and that goes back to gordon brown's time in government, british jobs for british think this is british workers. i think this is a and the fact a perennial issue and the fact it's now front and centre is because frankly, because neither party, frankly, has the answer. the tories talk a game and i've done nothing a big game and i've done nothing about it. labour hasn't got an answer either historically, and that's why these historic quotes are out from tory that's why these historic quotes are office it from tory that's why these historic quotes are office to rom tory that's why these historic quotes are office to try| tory that's why these historic quotes are office to try and tory that's why these historic quotes are office to try and attack central office to try and attack labour over and say, well, labour over it and say, well, what labour do to the what would labour do to the question the election? what would labour do to the questi(for the election? what would labour do to the questi(for me 1e election? what would labour do to the questi(for me is election? what would labour do to the questi(for me is do ction? what would labour do to the questi(for me is do the n? what would labour do to the questi(for me is do the labour really for me is do the labour do voters forgive me, want to try and stick stick with the tory party that's done very little about it and hasn't controlled numbers go in controlled the numbers or go in with despite their with labour. but despite their historic comments, i wonder whether a challenge now to whether it's a challenge now to labour to come out with some better, better ideas reassure better, better ideas to reassure that . that concern. >> now, chris live from downing street. day, another street. another day, another immigration calamity. see you the time tomorrow, no the same time tomorrow, no doubt. okay. moving on. labour has unveiled measures aimed at protecting small businesses and guess what? they've nicked some of the policies from a brexit party manifesto . i'm martin party manifesto. i'm martin daubney on gb news and this is

with me, michael portillo gb news britain's news channel . news britain's news channel. welcome back. it's 346 and you're watching or listening to me. martin daubney on gb news. now 4:00 i'll have the latest on nigel farage as itv faces an almighty backlash over racism allegations. and we've got some fresh juice for you from the jungle. but before that, labour's plan for small business

launches today with shadow business and trade secretary jonathan reynolds laying out labour's plans to back small firms , addressing small business firms, addressing small business owners and members of the essex chamber of commerce at a logistics and packaging company in basildon. jonathan reynolds says labour brings needed stability to our small firms. and who better to assess the mood of the uk? small business firms than gbs, news and business and economics editor i'll get there in the end. liam halligan with on the money he's right . here put your dentures right. here put your dentures back in. >> martin pharmacies. >> martin pharmacies. >> now, to be fair, you've been out with jonathan reynolds. he comes on the show a lot and he seems to have some pretty progressive ideas. in fact, a couple of things you were saying were brexit manifesto were brexit party manifesto pledges, scrap pledges, in particular the scrap thing of business taxes, a very progressive idea. >> so it's audacious of laboun >> they sent jonathan reynolds one of their benches, one of their front benches, shadow business secretary. as you say, the bloke that wants to

replace kemi badenoch that job, quite big job. they send him quite a big job. they send him to basildon , which is very much to basildon, which is very much a tory stronghold. it's generally seat . john generally a tory seat. john barons, the sitting mp , very barons, the sitting mp, very highly regarded , but in 97 highly regarded, but in 97 labour did win basildon. they won it in 97 and they lost it after 1 or 2 terms. but it is a tory stronghold and jonathan reynolds talked to a bunch of small business owners, small business leaders . small business owners, small business leaders. i was small business owners, small business leaders . i was there. business leaders. i was there. he said that he wanted it to be a two way conversation between labour and business. we're committed to backing british business, he said that he wanted to reform business rates , which to reform business rates, which businesses pay on the rates of value of their premises. high street retailers in particular don't like that one. we need to boost skills . we can access the boost skills. we can access the talent you need , and we want to talent you need, and we want to tackle one of the biggest issues for small businesses that is late payments. labour want to bnngin late payments. labour want to bring in legislation to bring in new legislation to clamp down on late payments , clamp down on late payments, even though one of the worst late the is the

late payer in the country is the government. the public sector. but look, got time to sit down but look, i got time to sit down or talk to jonathan or at least talk to jonathan reynolds main . in packing reynolds in the main. in packing area of finishing line, which is area of finishing line, which is a fulfilment company in basildon. and this is what he had to say. >> what you want, what any business wants from any government is that stability . government is that stability. and i if you're talking to and i think if you're talking to business environment and i think if you're talking to busirneed, environment and i think if you're talking to busirneed, you environment and i think if you're talking to busirneed, you haveenvironment and i think if you're talking to busirneed, you haveenv have ent and i think if you're talking to busirneed, you haveenv have the they need, you have to have the humility say that environment humility to say that environment hasn't i think hasn't been there. and i think if look at what labour is if you look at what labour is putting forward in of its putting forward in terms of its policy businesses large policy plan for businesses large and is a set and small, that is a better set of policies, but also of policies, but it's also a better set of institutions that underpin to give underpin that to give people confidence and think if you confidence and i think if you just at the politics, we're just look at the politics, we're not some the not incumbent by some of the baggage whether baggage of the past, whether that brexit or that is on on brexit or housebuilding or things housebuilding targets or things that basically haven't gone right in the last 13 years. i think for various reasons, labour better position labour is in a better position to on that really . to offer more on that really. >> not encumbered by >> you're not encumbered by baggage brexit. your baggage from brexit. your leader's is the leader's favourite song is the eu's national anthem . it's eu's national anthem. it's pretty controversial. >> i think that's >> i don't think that's controversial. think we see in

controversial. i think we see in every trading environment should be looking to get the best terms for british businesses for their export markets . and i think we export markets. and i think we look eu in exactly the look at the eu in exactly the same way would at any same way we would look at any other market, other potential export market, but government led but a labour government then led by who of course by keir starmer, who of course spent years in spent several years in parliament trying to reverse brexit. >> you're not going to reverse brexit, no , and we've been brexit, no, and we've been absolutely clear that and absolutely clear about that and i people i understand how strongly people feel about these questions. i understand how strongly people feeiiabout these questions. i understand how strongly people feeii meanthese questions. i understand how strongly people feeii mean ,|ese questions. i understand how strongly people feeii mean , we questions. i understand how strongly people feeii mean , we allestions. i understand how strongly people feeii mean , we all had ns. i understand how strongly people feeii mean , we all had that >> i mean, we all had that experience. we all lived through it. all part it . experience. we all lived through it. all part it. but it. we were all part of it. but when talk about, you know , when we talk about, you know, it's not about the single market or union, it's about or the customs union, it's about what terms that what are the trading terms that we improvements we could get, the improvements that it's simply that we could see. it's simply about in trade and about doing that in trade and economic any economic terms. and i think any government with jurisdiction government with any jurisdiction should at how get should be looking at how to get the best britain as part of the best for britain as part of that, you say you want root and branch reform of business rates, but raise £30 but business rates raise £30 billion year. billion a year. >> how you going to replace >> how are you going to replace that money? >> in a position where >> we're now in a position where no really expects no one really expects the chancellor when they stand up each the system as each year to keep the system as it would without it otherwise would be without any applied to

any kind of reliefs applied to it. had five of it. we've had now five years of quite significant reductions for certain we're certain sectors, so we're already acknowledging the system isn't haven't isn't working. what you haven't got the benefit from from those annual decisions longer annual decisions is the longer term certainty that business needs. look, for it's needs. so look, for us, it's about first we want about first of all, we want a system removes some system that removes some disincentives to investment and expansion. make sure expansion. we want to make sure the across is the balance across sectors is fair and we want to fundamentally produce a system that doesn't punish you for putting that investment in and expanding and employing more people and making a bigger contribution to an area. there'll be system of business there'll be a system of business taxation, if we get taxation, but if we get it right, it will remove the problems as we commonly raise more or less than the £30 billion that's raised by business rates as they currently stand. it's an important question. me question. you're tempting me into spending into a stealth spending commitment. you we can't do commitment. you know we can't do that the election. there commitment. you know we can't do that be the election. there commitment. you know we can't do that be revenue election. there commitment. you know we can't do that be revenue raised,|. there commitment. you know we can't do that be revenue raised, but ere commitment. you know we can't do that be revenue raised, but ite will be revenue raised, but it will be revenue raised, but it will be revenue raised, but it will be a substantial different tax to how we commonly understand and business rates in the uk. you won't say whether it's less than the it's more or less than the current tax burden imposed on business by the business rates regime. it's important point.

business by the business rates reis.1e. it's important point. business by the business rates reis.1e.is. s important point. business by the business rates reis.1e.is. we'venportant point. business by the business rates reis.1e.is. we've gottant point. business by the business rates reis.1e.is. we've got some oint. it is. it is. we've got some specific that part of specific plans on that part of this engagement exercise that we're is getting we're doing is getting that right. than that right. so rather than make that explicit commitment, now we're looking that would looking at things that would substantially how the substantially affect how the system operates. but that's for the election and the specific plans to make sure we get it right. you'll understand a lot of owners, of of business owners, a lot of ordinary will suspect ordinary workers will suspect that labour will end up putting up even from the current up taxes, even from the current 70 year high tax burden . well, 70 year high tax burden. well, look, been very clear that look, we've been very clear that we business rise as we think business rates rise as a burden. are a barrier to investment and growth . a barrier investment and growth. a barrier to investment and growth, business rates, says jonathan reynolds. >> he's pretty sure footed in interviews. obviously i was kicking his tires a little bit on whether this new business rates regime will increase the tax burden on business and whether or not labour would actually try and reverse brexit. we shall see. i think we're going to see a lot more of jonathan reynolds in the weeks and months to come as the general election approaches. >> great. liam halligan, general election approaches. >> greyou liam halligan, general election approaches. >> greyou very liam halligan, general election approaches. >> greyou very much. halligan, general election approaches. >> greyou very much. now igan,

general election approaches. >> greyou very much. now another thank you very much. now another day, eye catching day, another set of eye catching revelations from the covid inquiry has said inquiry. savvy javid has said that number 10 was dysfunctional in the build up to the pandemic. well, now news well, i'm joined now by gb news presenter tomson who's got presenter pip tomson who's got all the latest from the inquiry. pip, what's the latest ? pip, what's the latest? >> martin heard very >> martin we've heard very different perspectives today from the former health secretary and former chancellor sajid javid former foreign javid and the former foreign secretary and former deputy prime minister dominic raab about the influence of dominic cummings. >> now, sajid javid says that the prime minister's most senior adviser tried to act as prime minister in all but name. >> he tried to make all the key decisions and a lot of requests such as policy change or request for information , weren't coming for information, weren't coming from boris johnson , but from from boris johnson, but from dominic cummings says sajid javid would give an example where he'd go and see the prime minister and the prime minister wouldn't even know that that request had been made . request had been made. >> and sajid javid told the inquiry was unusual inquiry it was an unusual structure terms of decision structure in terms of decision making and communications. >> but dominic raab, he's been

giving inquiry giving evidence to the inquiry this and he simply this afternoon and he simply doesn't recognise that the influence of dominic cummings was like that. >> he said that dominic cummings was much needed and provided some. he said grit in the oyster. >> he doesn't accept the characterisation of some sort of puppet regime and in the last few minutes, dominic raab has also been asked about him taking also been asked about him taking a half term skiing holiday. that was a month before lockdown . was a month before lockdown. when should he have actually gone? >> when things were getting so serious? >> but he said there wasn't a definitive enough answer about what the pandemic pandemic was doing. >> and the rate at which it was spreading. >> matt hancock, former health secretary is due to give evidence soon. >> pip excellent. okay in the next hour of the latest on the migrant crisis. but first, here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxed solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again. welcome to your

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hill snow persisting through much of the day. there'll be another cold day. temperatures only 4 or 5 degrees for only reaching 4 or 5 degrees for many of us across the north. far north of scotland. it's going to be windy, so it will feel chillier up here. and on friday morning it will be another very cold start. we could see some freezing south freezing fog across south eastern areas . so that will eastern areas. so that will bnng eastern areas. so that will bring a bit of a murky start. there'll more sunshine there'll be some more sunshine around on saturday. and then on sunday, we could see the temperatures finally starting to rise looks like things rise a little. looks like things are heating up. >> box spoilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> well, the last hour we've been told that itv is refusing to send nigel farages team the footage that they allege shows the gb news presenter using a racist term. we'll have the full inside story on that. more reaction . and it's going to be reaction. and it's going to be lots more juice from the jungle. i'm martin daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news

good afternoon. it's 4:00. i'm martin daubney. welcome to gb news keeping you company for the next two hours. we've got loads coming up in this next hour, including the farage racism stitch up if things are getting hot down under itv have been accused of a stitch up again . nigel, is this stitch up again. nigel, is this the biggest media political sting to destroy a political

career since partygate? we've got fresh juice from the jungle and explosive allegations straight out from camp farage. you will not want to miss it next. today was the day when the immigration row turned ugly in a brutal prime minister's question time. keir starmer accused rishi sunak of failing to keep control . and then we can see here a brutal attack video from keir starmer from rishi was launched against keir starmer saying starmer campaigned for crooks to remain in britain. starmer wants open borders , but the big open borders, but the big question is can either of the two parties sort this mess out? coming up next, will the ceasefire in the israeli gaza war precariously come to an end? we'll speak to a top israeli government spokesperson to get the very latest updates. and finally, would you speak to a virtual vicar? because in a shock list of job professions

being replaced by ai , it seems being replaced by ai, it seems that men of the cloth could be under the cosh. all of that in the next hour . so stick around the next hour. so stick around for those explosive revelations from camp farage down under. it's starting to feel like a stitch up. so you'll have all the latest. plus, let us know what you think about that brutal attack the tories attack campaign that the tories have against keir have launched against keir starmer. feels a bit dirty. starmer. it feels a bit dirty. it's like what labour did against russia. us your against russia. get us your thoughts all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, there's your latest news headunes there's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin. >> thank you and good evening to you. well, our top story today from the gb newsroom is that the israeli military says it's investigating accusations that a ten month old baby, his four year old brother and their mother were killed in an airstrike on gaza after the

three were previously thought to being held by hostage by hamas. >> israel defence forces say it's the terror group themselves who are wholly responsible for the security of all the hostages they hold in the gaza strip . they hold in the gaza strip. meanwhile, israeli officials say any additional ceasefire agreement would have to include agreement would have to include a guarantee that all women and children still being held hostage are freed . hostage are freed. >> and here sir keir starmer says the government is to blame for record immigration numbers as he promised to scrap laws that allows workers from overseas to be paid less than british workers. the prime minister and the labour leader clashed on illegal migration at pmqs earlier today, with sir keir saying the apparent salary disparity was effectively an incentive for illegal migrants to enter the uk . rishi sunak to enter the uk. rishi sunak conceded that immigration levels are too high, but he insisted the number is coming down. >> it's really a bit rich to hear about this from someone who described all immigration law as

racist, who literally said it was a mistake to control immigration. >> we have taken steps and we will take further steps, which is why recent estimates of immigration show that it's slowing. it's why next year the immigration health surcharge will increase by over two thirds. why immigration thirds. it's why immigration fees are going up by up to 35. nottingham city council says it is in severe financial distress andifs is in severe financial distress and it's therefore unable it says, to deliver a balanced budget. >> the council has issued a section 114 notice the same measure taken by birmingham council in september. it means all new spending is frozen, with the exception of statutory services and measures which protect vulnerable people. >> the labour run council insists it's not, however, bankrupt and has sufficient financial resources to meet all its current obligations . the its current obligations. the former health secretary says he found that centrally made

government decisions during the coronavirus pandemic were often made at the last minute. >> sajid javid javid told the inquiry today that the cabinet inquiry today that the cabinet in place at the start of the covid pandemic was what he called designed to place dominic cummings and boris johnson as decision makers with a view to centralise power in downing street . he alleged that the street. he alleged that the extent of dysfunctionality at number 10 in early 2020 was not something he'd experienced before . an inquest has found all before. an inquest has found all four teenagers drowned following a car crash in north wales last month. the bodies of jevon hirst harvey owen will fitchett and hugo morris were found in their car, which had left the road, overturned and was partially submerged in water. >> the a—level students had failed to return home to shropshire after an overnight camping trip to the snowdonia area of wales. >> labour has set out measures aimed at protecting small

businesses from anti—social social behaviour. the shadow business secretary, jonathan reynolds, has said town centre police patrols will be introduced if the party wins the next general election. in a gb news exclusive, he told our economic and business editor liam halligan the disparity between larger companies and small businesses is growing legitimate concerns about the pubuc legitimate concerns about the public sector and how it relates to late payments. >> so look, we will take that and put that into the plan. what we've fundamentally tried to do, however, is not just say the solution to this is particular targets or rights for smaller businesses, because they will tell us, well, look, you can have the right to enforce contractual terms on a a contractual terms on a on a larger if is such larger business if that is such an customer to you, an important customer to you, you're not in a position to do that. and that's why what we've put is this argument that. and that's why what we've put transparency, �*gument that. and that's why what we've put transparency, around around transparency, around having report having audit committees report on larger businesses on how quickly larger businesses are paying their smaller suppliers that we can all see suppliers so that we can all see as as customers, as consumers, as customers, what is going on. is exactly going on. >> now, a controversial new book

about the royal family has had to be pulled off the bookshelves in the netherlands and pulped endgame has been taken off dutch shelves amid reports the book names members of the royal family who specifically asked about the skin colour of harry and meghan's son, archie, before he was born. >> the dutch publisher says an error occurred in translate version and is currently being rectified . and the new version rectified. and the new version of the book will be available in stores by friday. that's the news on gb news across the uk, on tv in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaken radio, and on your smart speaker. by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . this is britain's news channel. >> and thank you very much , >> and thank you very much, polly. okay, we start with our very own nigel farage and itv are facing a furious backlash over racism allegations against the gb news. presenter farage is

accused of making a racist comment in a video he filmed for a member of the public two years ago on the cameo platform. well i'm joined now in the studio by charlie peters to discuss this. it's important to lay down a fact at the start of this, isn't it? farage did loads and loads of these messages and often deliberately, specifically , deliberately, specifically, people would send him things to try and get him to say silly things to incriminate himself. it became a bit of a parlour game. it worked during lockdown and we are. but it's turned and here we are. but it's turned into more serious into a much more serious allegation against now. allegation against him now. >> he filmed over 4000 >> well, he filmed over 4000 of these films for a bit of these cameo films for a bit of cash from 2021. a lot of them were well wishes to friends and family of those paying for the service less often to people who were ill in hospital . sometimes, were ill in hospital. sometimes, though, jokes that were there designed to catch him up and make him references to make him say references to things he didn't understand, did sneak through on occasion. but now there is a rather more serious allegation here being made that he made a remark he didn't understand , and they've didn't understand, and they've caught out on something . and

caught him out on something. and this supposedly this footage has supposedly resurfaced. according to it , resurfaced. according to it, these allegations towards team farage, but they haven't shown them the footage. allies close to nigel have told us in the last hour they've yet to see the footage. all that's been sent by itv news is the transcript, and they've asked three times for that footage now, so they can't respond fully, they say, because they haven't got that footage. but also nigel is in the jungle. so how are they meant to get a proper response back and get his view is behind the view when he is behind the curtain of itv ? curtain of itv? >> and the big question is , is >> and the big question is, is this a dedicated and concerted and targeted takedown of nigel, not just on the show, but in the broader political context? he may have a political comeback. and again , our sources tell us and again, our sources tell us they think that is the case and thatis they think that is the case and that is the theory of ben leo, our man on the ground in australia, who thinks that this is part of wider campaign to is part of a wider campaign to discredit the news presenter discredit the gb news presenter because as well he has been

voicing . voicing. >> there has been that discussion, course, about his discussion, of course, about his potential return to politics, especially at a time where the tories are being seen to be failing on immigration, an area where nigel is considered to be extremely strong. there is an opening, think, in that opening, many think, in that area of british politics and nigel is certainly i think people are seeing this attracting a much broader audience with his appearances on i'm a celebrity and there is this theory now growing, isn't there, that his appearances on there, that his appearances on the programme are potentially being airbrushed or edited to keep him away from the limelight? because once he's there, he's not playing to the script. isn't kind of script. he isn't that kind of bombast and angry character that people often like to caricature him as. it's actually quite jovial, and friendly, jovial, cautious and friendly, evenin jovial, cautious and friendly, even in the face of being screamed at. >> the bigger question is , or is >> the bigger question is, or is there a mindset within itv that specifically remainer based anti farage, as we saw with the natwest debacle, as we saw with the bbc reporting of that ,

the bbc reporting of that, because itv managing director kevin lygo made some rude comments and hand gestures about farage at an itv promotional event on tuesday, which begs the question , is this something question, is this something beyond i'm a celebrity? is it an institutional mindset at the itv, or is that a conspiracy theory? >> well, who can say at this point? but those questions need to be posed because it is seeming be the case that that seeming to be the case that that airtime and that image is being edhed airtime and that image is being edited in a way to try of discredit or reduce the exposure to nigel. now, last night the programme was added on by 15 minutes and we did see further footage of nigel after this discussion that he'd been reduced. however, it wasn't necessarily done in order to put him in best light. it was a discussion about cultural appropriation. i think we can see that clip now where they say water like that is like a joke or something. >> we say it and we go, but it's patchwall. jamaican patchwall. it's a jamaican version water. they say version of same water. they say water. you got to boil your water. >> and they say your water.

>> and they say your water. >> but if you sang that, they'd call it cultural appropriation, fred. weren't. they fred. they weren't. no, they were . were. >> no, but everybody's doing max . and is it cultural appropriation? i know it's when suits . suits. >> they criticise when suits . >> they criticise when suits. >> they criticise when suits. >> what do you mean? nigel >> what do you mean? nigel >> if a white person does a black accent that's considered to be a crime, you know they should be cancelled. >> what context. >> it depends in what context. if you're taking the then you're taking you're not, taking the. but if you're not, then not. then you're not. >> you of can't win >> so you sort of can't win territory now. >> it just depends on the context. >> when we're talking about he was it's just about was saying like it's just about the population, but the way that he's promoted that in his he's like promoted that in his work just been bit work has just been a bit inhumane almost, you know what i mean? it's like, hang on mean? and it's like, hang on now, team farage said this morning that the incident that had happened with this footage was a classic case of nigel being a boomer dad. >> not realising what he was reading. and if he had known that the footage was offensive and the script was offensive , he and the script was offensive, he never would have said it. but

again, martin, this is all part of a bigger discussion about how far nigel is being portrayed on the program . the program. >> um, well, i was going to rumble and the rumble on in the jungle, and the latest course, latest instalment, of course, will be tonight. charlie peters, thank a pleasure. thank you. always a pleasure. superb. now superb. well, i'm joined now by media jonathan coad , media lawyer jonathan coad, who's to discuss who's on the line to discuss this . jonathan, we were this further. jonathan, we were just discussing in the studio here charlie peters, the it here with charlie peters, the it seems some people are thinking this is now a joined up, orchestrated takedown of nigel. first, he was airbrushed from the show and now itv investigates actions are laying this alleged racism accusation at his door. shortly ahead of the first vote to see who leaves the first vote to see who leaves the jungle. it feels like a bit of a stitch up, doesn't it? >> well, it's very odd, martin. i can say. it's is odd from the perspective of someone who's legal doubt television programs for 30 years. and i've legal out television programs for itv as a younger lawyer. >> and one of the things that puzzles me about this is that

the itv legal team that i used to work with was very concerned to work with was very concerned to stay with the terms of the ofcom code and ofcom is a respected regulator. >> it's got the power to fine it. >> it's got the power ultimately to take away the licenses . now to take away the licenses. now let me read you paragraph section , section seven one, one section, section seven one, one of the ofcom code . of the ofcom code. >> it says, if a program alleges wrongdoing or incompetence or makes other significant allegations, those concerns should normally be given an appropriate and timely opportunity to respond . opportunity to respond. >> now, the problem here is that you cannot , >> now, the problem here is that you cannot, in a >> now, the problem here is that you cannot , in a situation where you cannot, in a situation where nigel farage cannot be spoken to, and i've also had clients in the jungle and had this problem being able to try and take instructions from client . instructions from a client. >> i tell you, the rule is absolutely bullet—proof they will you speak to anyone. >> your lawyer or anything. so what itv seem to me to be doing, which is which to me is a

serious breach. >> obviously this is just my own professional opinion , but it professional opinion, but it looks like a serious ofcom breach because it's essential that nigel farage is given the opportunity personally to respond to these allegations. >> now , his team, they're out >> now, his team, they're out there and that's fine. >> i'm sure there are super competent team , but if competent team, but if an allegation is made against allegation is being made against him that's a very him of racism, that's a very serious allegation in my view. and it had i been advising the programme, i'd have said, you cannot make this allegation without nigel farage personally being asked for his response to it. >> wow, that's an explosive thing to say. so there's a breach, in your opinion, of ofcom regulations by itv because of nigel's inability to respond because of the terms of the contract and the type of show he's in the jungle or contact with the outside world, world is forbidden . so what happens next? forbidden. so what happens next? if they put this out and he doesn't have that right of reply? itv what could they face? a potential lawsuit ? jonathan

a potential lawsuit? jonathan well, i don't think there'll be facing potential lawsuit . facing potential lawsuit. >> it would more be a i mean, if i was his lawyer. well, first thing, if i were his lawyer, i'd be writing to itv now, saying saying if this is put out without nigel having been properly given the opportunity to respond, you're breaching the ofcom code. >> it must not go out now. i've written on behalf of clients to broadcasters in the past and that has had the desired effect . that has had the desired effect. >> so if it does come out, then certainly if i was nigel's lawyer, i would immediately complain to ofcom cite this provision from the code and ask for an explanation which ofcom would hopefully demand from itv as why they're not abiding by the ofcom rules, which they obviously know as just as well as i do now. >> jonathan, would there be a potential way of wiggling out of that? because of course the, the alleged racism probe is itv investigations. and it's not, of course , itv entertainment,

course, itv entertainment, separate wings of the same company , or are they, as an company, or are they, as an entity, culpable for that oversight ? oversight? >> no, i think that culpable as an entity . i mean, i've been an entity. i mean, i've been advising on ofcom issues for a long, long time and i can't think of any good reason why why they can wiggle out of this . the they can wiggle out of this. the wording does say . should wording does say. should normally be given in. now, there may be circumstances we can all think of it. those who've worked in television, the circumstances where it isn't practically possible. but here it is now. it isn't necessary . me, it seems to isn't necessary. me, it seems to me, to air these allegations now. they're not relevant to his appearance on on on television. it's not a current news item . it's not a current news item. i'd be absolutely jumping up and down and stamping my foot if i was nigel's lawyer , because i was nigel's lawyer, because i can't think of any justification for it. if they want to air this, then fine, you wait till the end of the programme , you the end of the programme, you get him. there's going to be the

interview with ant and dec . you interview with ant and dec. you get him in front of ant and dec you. prior to that you give him the opportunity to respond . you the opportunity to respond. you give him the opportunity to speak to his legal team as should appropriate and then should be appropriate and then it's ofcom compliant. it's properly ofcom compliant. but that is not the case now and i can't think of any good excuse. >> excuse. >> okay , jonathan, briefly, if >> okay, jonathan, briefly, if we could, if they go ahead. itv and put this out anyway, as a news item about the alleged racism and there's an ofcom breach goes through, what would that look like? a fine , a slap that look like? a fine, a slap on the wrist. i guess by then it'd be too late. the damage would be done to nigel farage. >> i don't think it'll be a fine, it would be a thumping fine, but it would be a thumping slap the wrist and it may be. slap on the wrist and it may be. itv has got such an issue here. they're grinding an axe. they may have decided they're just going to have to face it. wow >> wow. jonathan covid, media lawyer, excellent insight. that's so valuable. thank you for joining us on gb news. this forjoining us on gb news. this quy's forjoining us on gb news. this guy's worked on the show. he's advised clients in the jungle. he knows his onions . he's saying he knows his onions. he's saying

itv not publish this. itv should not publish this. they have no justification to pubush they have no justification to publish it. it's unfair and it will be an ofcom breach. he's a lawyer. he knows his stuff. wow astonishing stuff. now we've approached itv for comment and will bring you their response if they get back to us. they haven't yet, but we'll have lots more on huge story 5:00. more on this huge story at 5:00. and plenty of coverage and there's plenty of coverage on website, gbnews.com. on our website, gbnews.com. you've helped make that the fastest growing national news website in the country. thank website in the country. so thank you very much. now on the topic of the jungle, there is a bit more breaking news from i'm a celebrity and one of nigel farage's camp mates has left the jungle and that's jamie lynn spears , who of course, is spears, who of course, is britney spears sister , has quit britney spears sister, has quit the show on medical grounds following grace. dent has quit the show on medical grounds. so another one bites the dust in the jungle. now the government is facing calls to ban firms from paying migrants 20% less than british workers . is that than british workers. is that one of the secrets to ending the

migrant crisis? we wonder ? are migrant crisis? we wonder? are martin daubney on gb news? and this is britain's news channel

isabel, monday to thursdays from six till 930 . six till 930. >> welcome back. it's 423. you're watching or listening to me? martin daubney on gb news in a few minutes, we'll cross live to israel . just a few hours to israel. just a few hours before the ceasefire with hamas is due to end . now another day, is due to end. now another day, another row about immigration.

but today the tories have really gone on the attack and they've targeted sir keir starmer personally . in the last couple personally. in the last couple of hours they've posted on x or twitter, whatever you want to call days, claiming call it. these days, claiming that the leader wants that the labour leader wants open borders . starmer and rishi open borders. starmer and rishi sunak clashed about migration at pmqs today . sunak clashed about migration at pmqs today. in sunak clashed about migration at pmqs today . in 2019, when they pmqs today. in 2019, when they all promised the country that they would control immigration numbers will come down the british people will be in control. >> how's it going? >> how's it going? >> all we've heard up until this moment from the honourable gentleman on this topic is a secret backroom deal with the eu that would see an additional 100,000 migrant here every year . 100,000 migrant here every year. >> well, it's all kicking off about immigration. and to look back at another dramatic day, we can join our political editor christopher hope in downing street. what's the latest? >> it looks like the next election will be defined by the different these different parties. these approach migration and approach to net migration and illegal in prime

illegal migration in prime minister's questions on wednesday. earlier today , we wednesday. earlier today, we heard rishi sunak, the heard from rishi sunak, the prime keir prime minister attacking keir starmer saying starmer for in the past, saying that restrictions would be economic vandalism. the problem the is what have the tories have got is what have they done? numbers have spiralled 2019. they came spiralled since 2019. they came into power then with a pledge to cut net migration. hasn't cut net migration. that hasn't happened. cut net migration. that hasn't happened . some of remember happened. some of us remember back cameron back to 2010 when david cameron said the figures should be under 100,000 well, it's 100,000 a year. well, now it's over years, seven times over 700,000 years, seven times more when this party first more than when this party first came to office back in 2010. there no real answer from the there is no real answer from the tory party either on illegal migration or net migration or illegal migration. that that ruling the supreme court ruling by the supreme court means are waiting for a new means we are waiting for a new rwanda hasn't rwanda treaty. that hasn't happened waiting for happened yet. we're waiting for new that can allow new legislation that can allow the to disapply the government to maybe disapply the government to maybe disapply the human rights of some people who arrive here illegally to get them across to rwanda be them across to rwanda to be processed neither have processed there. neither have happened today at happened there. and today at lunchtime, made lunchtime, number 10 has made clear they guarantee clear they can't even guarantee will christmas, will come out before christmas, getting the commons is getting through the commons is easy. kind of legislation easy. that kind of legislation or house or easier than the house of lords, there's real lords, where there's real problems and whether, as mr

sunak wants flight to sunak says, he wants flight to take spring, we'll take off in the spring, we'll wait and see that because it wait and see on that because it looks unlikely stand. looks very unlikely as we stand. but net migration story but on the net migration story is difficult for the tory is very difficult for the tory party. people voted to take back control of their borders back in 2016. hasn't happened . and 2016. that hasn't happened. and numbers, as i say, have spiralled 2019. more than spiralled since 2019. more than 700,000 arriving here, more than the number who left net. that's a legal number. that's the number which ministers the pm behind and others can control behind me and others can control . they've chosen not to, partly because from because there's pressure from the to see the treasury. they want to see big numbers big net migration numbers arriving and maybe as many as a quarter a million year to quarter of a million a year to keep growing because keep the economy growing because they do it otherwise. but they can't do it otherwise. but of the government has of course, the government has got millions are got a challenge. millions are waiting. benefits. waiting. they're on benefits. get try and get those numbers down, try and make people work from home and do more of that kind of work to try get the economy going. try and get the economy going. so it's a bad record for the tory but the labour tory party, but the labour party's historic approach to this and this hasn't been helpful. and that's is in that's why number 10 is in disarray stirring comments disarray. stirring comments made by starmer in past by sir keir starmer in the past and that against them. the and using that against them. the choice for voters at the

election next time who do you election next time is who do you trust the of trust to tackle the issue of migration? putting migration? it's putting great strain on services, gp strain on local services, gp surgeries, surgeries , housing, surgeries, surgeries, housing, schools and the rest. what can they do to deal with that? would you trust the tory party to tackle it? they fail. so far in the past 13 years. or can labour win their support? so far win their support? but so far there's offer from there's not much offer from labour for often working more closely with with law enforcement on the continent, with europol and other eu nations, and perhaps more, more bilateral deals with non eu countries . we'll wait and see. countries. we'll wait and see. but i do think we have seen today at pmqs, the first real sign that migration is a hot election issue, maybe the defining issue for the next election likely within the next 12 months. well it's all kicking off about immigration and i'm joined now by former home office minister norman baker. >> norman, it felt like the gloves were came off completely today about immigration in pmqs starmer saying the tories have lost control, accused them of being in open revolt and then

we've seen a very out of character attack advert from the conservatives against starmer , conservatives against starmer, very actually indicative of what the labour party have been doing against rishi starmer wants open borders. starmer believes all immigration laws are racist fully on the attack. the point is , can either of them solve is, can either of them solve this issue or are they just fighting like rats in a sack ? fighting like rats in a sack? >> i think rattanasack is a reasonable description, martin, to be honest with you. i mean, clearly the conservative record is terrible . you know, it's is terrible. you know, it's tripled migration has tripled since brexit. people who voted for brexit, i imagine many of them wanted to cut migration. that's why they voted brexit. they actually got the opposite . they actually got the opposite. they actually got the opposite. they three as much they got three times as much migration in. and just to put it in the official in context, the official migration, legal, if you migration, the legal, if you like, the government like, migration. the government sanctioned migration is now essential for the treasury, as has been reported by christopher hope. has been reported by christopher hope . and without it, i mean the hope. and without it, i mean the and the social care sector would fall to bits. so that's the

situation we're now in, unfortunately, in this country. so the tories have got no answers to that legal migration completely dwarfs, by the way, what comes across the channel. i mean, the issue of boats is neither here nor there in some respects. numerically compared to happening officially . to what's happening officially. and as as labour is and as far as labour is concerned , they haven't don't concerned, they haven't i don't think they don't think they believe borders and believe in open borders and everyone and all everyone can come in and all that. just grotesque that. that's just a grotesque misrepresentation. but they haven't the answer to haven't got the answer to the problem than the tories have. >> norma i wonder if it's true if nhs would fall apart if if the nhs would fall apart if there legal migration or there wasn't legal migration or is it a of it pays them to is it a case of it pays them to get foreign workers in? we've seen 32,000 care workers, 6000 nurses, 5000 senior care workers coming in legally via the front doon coming in legally via the front door. and here's the kicker . door. and here's the kicker. they're allowed to pay them 20% less money than a british worker. so i put it to you , the worker. so i put it to you, the nhs isn't dependent on foreign workers apart from being financially dependent because they can use them for 20% less

money. well first of all, i don't i don't agree with paying people less for the same job. >> i think that's completely wrong. completely wrong. wrong. it was completely wrong. if it's men and women, it's completely wrong. if it's someone or someone from this country or somewhere does somewhere else, if someone does a a particular rate of a job for a particular rate of pay, a job for a particular rate of pay, that's what should get i >> -- >> okay. but that's not happening. the point is , those happening. the point is, those who favour open borders said all along it's about being about being progressive. but actually, what about if it's about penny pinching 20% less for the same person to come in the country? i put it to you again, this isn't about equality. it's about it's about equality. it's about it's about taking advantage of people because they're 20% cheaper. >> well, to some of that, that may be that may be true. but the fact is that we haven't got enough home—grown talent in the nhs we haven't got people who nhs or we haven't got people who want do social care work and want to do social care work and before brexit we had people from other union countries. other european union countries. they large gone who've they by and large gone who've been replaced by people from non—eu countries. been replaced by people from non—e actually countries. been replaced by people from non—e actually happenedes. been replaced by people from non—e actually happened .. that's actually what's happened. and if all went tomorrow , and if they all went tomorrow, we'd be in some difficulty in the . nhs under great

the nhs. the nhs is under great stress as you know, and stress anyway, as you know, and it'd under worse stress it'd be under much worse stress if they all went home. >> okay. former home office minister norman baker, thank you for always forjoining us. always a pleasure. i just think, you know, left, the liberal know, the left, the liberal left, used to fight left, they used to fight for fair wages for british workers and now they seem to be in favour of de facto open borders through the front door because they're 20% cheaper. it just feels to me like they're being taken advantage of. that's just my opinion. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00 couple of minutes , 5:00 in a couple of minutes, i'll speak live an israeli i'll speak live to an israeli government spokesman . with the government spokesman. with the ceasefire hamas set end ceasefire with hamas set to end tonight , and ceasefire with hamas set to end tonight, and at 5 pm, i'll have the full draghi story from australia as itv is criticised over racism allegations about nigel farage. and could there be a breach of ofcom if they go ahead and publish ? that's what a ahead and publish? that's what a lawyer told us in the show not so long ago. but that's all after your latest news headlines with .

with polly middlehurst. >> martin. thank you. the headunes >> martin. thank you. the headlines this hour. the israeli military says it is investigating accusations that a baby whose four year old brother and their mother were killed in and their mother were killed in an airstrike on gaza . the three an airstrike on gaza. the three were previously thought to be being hostage by hamas . being held hostage by hamas. israel forces say it's israel defence forces say it's the terror group themselves who are responsible for the are wholly responsible for the security hostages in the security of all hostages in the gaza strip. meanwhile, we are expecting another exchange of hostages and palestinian prisoners later on today. some reports suggesting it may already be taking place. we're trying to firm that up for you as part of that commitment to a sixth day of a humanitarian truce, which is still being negotiated . negotiated. >> in other news, sir keir starmer says the government is to blame for record migration numbers, as he promised to scrap laws that allows workers from overseas to be paid less than british workers. >> the prime minister and the labour leader clashed on illegal migration an at prime minister's questions earlier on today with migration an at prime minister's qu

qu> rishi sunak conceded that the numbers were too high, but they're coming down. >> it's really a bit rich to hear about this from someone who described all immigration law as racist , who literally said it racist, who literally said it was mistake . take to control was a mistake. take to control immigration. ian we have taken steps and we will take further steps, which is why by recent estimates of immigration show that it's slowing. it's why next year the immigration health surcharge will increase by over two thirds. it's why immigration fees are going up by up to 35. nottingham city council says it's in severe financial distress and therefore unable to deliver what it's calling a balanced budget . balanced budget. >> the council has issued therefore a section 114 notice that's the same measure taken by birmingham council in september order. that means all new spending for nottingham is frozen , with the exception of frozen, with the exception of statutory services and measures which protect vulnerable people. but the labour run council

insists it isn't bankrupt and does have sufficient funds to meet its current obligations and a controversial new book about the royal family has had to be pulled from the bookshelves in the netherlands end game by omid scobie has been taken off the shelves amid reports the book specifically names members of the royal family who allegedly asked about the potential skin colour of harry and meghan's son, archie , before he born. son, archie, before he was born. the dutch publisher says an error occurred and is being rectified . the new version will rectified. the new version will be available in bookstores by friday. more on all those stories by heading to our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> thank you very much, paula . >> thank you very much, paula. now, there's just a few hours to go until the ceasefire between israel and hamas is due to end. but egyptian and qatari mediators have been holding talks to try extend that talks to try and extend that truce . so far, hamas has truce. so far, hamas has released 60 israeli women and children during a six day truce. israel says it's investigating

claims by hamas that a ten month old baby alongside his brother and mother are being held hostage by the terror group have been killed in an israeli airstrike. well, let's cross now to tel aviv and speak to israeli government spokesman avi hyman . government spokesman avi hyman. thank you for joining government spokesman avi hyman. thank you forjoining us on the thank you for joining us on the show again, it's always a pleasure. can you shed any more light allegation that light on that allegation that a young ten month old israeli has been killed in an airstrike ? been killed in an airstrike? >> so firstly , thank you very >> so firstly, thank you very much for having me on. let's just you know , spend a second to just you know, spend a second to think about what we're even talking about. a nine month old baby , nine month old baby taken baby, nine month old baby taken with his mother, taken with his four year old brother into captivity by brutal masked monsters with machine guns. hamas terrorists stormed our borders on october seventh, killing everything in sight and then taking 240 hostages. as we demand their immediate, immediate release, there is no way that it's acceptable in any

world to take a nine month old baby hostage. that baby little kfir, that beautiful red headed babyis kfir, that beautiful red headed baby is now ten months. he's been. baby is now ten months. he's been . in being held hostage for been. in being held hostage for over 50 days. we don't know what has happened to him. the red cross has not been allowed to visit him. the idf cannot yet confirm the allegations by hamas, but we know exactly who we're up against. a brutal terrorist organisation that beheaded babies so , no, we're beheaded babies so, no, we're not sure if this is some kind of sick , sick psychological warfare sick, sick psychological warfare . what we can say is that if anyone has so much as laid a finger on any of those hostages as my prime minister said, they are dead men walking . are dead men walking. >> and avi, at present, are dead men walking. >> and avi, at present , with the >> and avi, at present, with the truce underway and we're seeing joyous images of hostages being released, there must be more pressure for a ceasefire to be

not only temporary, but maybe to be extend . and having said that, be extend. and having said that, you've been stealing in your resolve all along. president benjamin netanyahu saying they will not stop until hamas is completely eradicated . what's completely eradicated. what's your position now ? your position now? >> so as it stands, 86 hostages have been freed, 66 of them israeli, others, nationals. i remind you that , you know, they remind you that, you know, they took thai workers from the fields. they took filipino workers that were helping elderly . they took old age elderly. they took old age pensioners. this is a sick, sick organisation . we will. we've organisation. we will. we've said from the beginning of these negotiations that if hamas gives releases, ten hostages per day, then they will extend by a day. so i'm sure the details are being discussed currently. et cetera. but that was the deal on the table for every ten free hostages, we'll extend by a day. now, that doesn't mean that we've changed the mission of the

war, which from the beginning was exactly the same. two pronged. firstly we will destroy hamas . we will dismantle their hamas. we will dismantle their military capabilities , and we military capabilities, and we will bring down their ability to govern, to govern in gaza , and govern, to govern in gaza, and we will destroy we will destroy hamas . the second thing is we hamas. the second thing is we will bring home every one of those 240 israeli hostages. no one can be left behind . so if one can be left behind. so if hamas chooses to continue releasing hostages, we'll continue with the with the humanity pause. if they don't , humanity pause. if they don't, we'll we'll plough on with our mission to destroy . mission to destroy. >> okay. avi hyman there joining us live from tel aviv. an israeli government spokesman. thank you for joining israeli government spokesman. thank you forjoining us on the thank you for joining us on the show. now moving on, would rejoining the eu fix this brexit? you might not think so, but the president of the eu commission , ursula von der commission, ursula von der elianne, certainly does , is elianne, certainly does, is speaking of this european union, do you believe that britain could ever rejoin this european union ? union? >> britain, who ? it's a small

>> britain, who? it's a small country with an ambassador sitting right there . it's sitting right there. it's a small pirate island off the coast of france , uk , united coast of france, uk, united kingdom . could it rejoin the kingdom. could it rejoin the european union? >> ambassador so , ambassador, >> ambassador so, ambassador, you know my position . you know my position. >> first of all, thanks god. with the windsor agreement, we had a new beginning for old friends. >> very important . but and then >> very important. but and then i must say , i keep telling my i must say, i keep telling my children, you have to fix it. >> we goofed it up. you have to fix it. >> so i think here to the direction of travel, my personal. >> they still don't get it, do they? well, every five years there's a chance to renew, revise or even terminate the brexit agreement. and that means after the next general election, after the next general election, a new possibly labour government will chance to scrap will have the chance to scrap the set by boris the current deal set by boris johnson's administration , reopen johnson's administration, reopen a reopening negotiations with the eu . well, joining me now is the eu. well, joining me now is the eu. well, joining me now is the deputy leader of the reform

party, ben habib. the deputy leader of the reform party, ben habib . ben, we saw party, ben habib. ben, we saw von der leyen there laughing away like little paul game. make away like little paul game. make a mockery of the fact that we should just be rejoining the eu to solve all of our issues. what do you make of her words ? we've do you make of her words? we've just lost ben. okay, look, the point is this. they think it's funny, don't they? they think it's funny to dishonour the votes of 17.4 million. it wasn't funny that went through. and we were we weren't listened to. those voters weren't listened to for over three years. finally we when it came through, they they didn't accept it and they still to this day don't accept it. firstly, it came as a huge surprise to them because they couldn't read the working classes. they couldn't read the conservatives they couldn't read britain, spectacularly britain, they spectacularly failed judge the mood of the failed to judge the mood of the nafion failed to judge the mood of the nation and still to this day, they're moaning like an old divorcee about it. ben habib, i think, joins us now on the line. ben, they think it's funny. they think they can mock us and the

way to solve all of our problems is simply to rejoin and wipe out brexit. what's your take? >> well, i mean, what you've seen from von der leyen, and i think that that clip was yesterday, wasn't it, what you've from her what you've seen from her is what we've repeated from the we've seen repeated from the european union. >> notwithstanding the fact >> that notwithstanding the fact that say they respect that they say they respect democracy, they respect the rule of law, they respect the democratic will of the people. >> actually, every time they get a result, they don't like, they keep back again. and again keep going back again. and again and it's reversed. and again until it's reversed. and article 50, just to cast viewers minds back to the dim and distant days of 2016 and 2017, when article 50 of the treaty treaties of the european union . the article 50 is set out union. the article 50 is set out in order for a country to legitimately exercise its constitutional right to leave the eu. and yet the european union has done nothing other than frustrate our legitimate right to leave . and it's quite

right to leave. and it's quite interesting as well . martin, i interesting as well. martin, i don't know if this was an error by the politico presenter who introduced von der linde , but he introduced von der linde, but he referred to britain rejoining the eu. he didn't initially refer to the united kingdom, rejoining the eu, and of course that's because when we tried to get out of the front door in 2019, we left northern ireland behind. it is only a matter now of great britain going back because we never got northern ireland out. i mean , the entire ireland out. i mean, the entire process of trying to extricate ourselves from that wretched organisation that falsely claims to be pro democracy and pro the rule of law has been a frustration of the will of the british people and our independent sovereign right to act, to act as a independent sovereign nation and she should be ashamed of the words that she expressed yesterday . expressed yesterday. >> and ben, looking ahead in prime minister question time today , rishi sunak said to today, rishi sunak said to starmer he prefers brussels to britain and those deals are up

for renegotiation . if labour for renegotiation. if labour were to get in, do you think starmer is a rejoiner in disguise or will it be more like a death by a thousand paper cuts as well ? as well? >> as i mentioned, martin, we haven't really got out of the european union yet. we're still augned european union yet. we're still aligned on very significant parts of the law. northern ireland has been left behind our own waters are not our own fishing waters are not our fishing waters. they still , you fishing waters. they still, you know, effectively without wishing to use emotive words, raped by europe , union vessels raped by europe, union vessels every day i read an implementation report today issued by the european union saying that they would issue sanctions against the uk in 2026. if we try to take our fishing waters back . and of fishing waters back. and of course starmer is not even a rejoiner in disguise as starmer andindeed rejoiner in disguise as starmer and indeed rishi sunak are basically europol files. they want to be part of the european union and until they can give effect to that wish, they will augn effect to that wish, they will align the uk as closely as they

possibly can to give effect to that. you know, under the radar. but as i say, we haven't properly left. we need to get out properly, we need to bring northern ireland back into the uk. we need to ditch all the alignment with eu laws, including an international commitment to the inexorable economically emasculating march to net zero. and we need to ditch any commitment to the european court of human rights, which we've also made in the trade and cooperation agreement. and before any remainers, i doubt there are many romanians watching gb news. but before any remainers swivel their eyes and 90, remainers swivel their eyes and go, well, echr is not part of the european union . well, i've the european union. well, i've got some for news you. the trade and cooperation agreement signed by boris johnson reaffirms our commitment to the echr . we're commitment to the echr. we're not allowed by the very nature of the deals we signed actually to act as an independent country. so we've got to get out . and the grappling hooks that the eu has got in our flesh need

to be thrown aside and we've got to be thrown aside and we've got to get rid of people like keir starmer and rishi sunak in office and get a set of parliamentarians that actually respect the will of the people and will not allow the european union to trounce all over our democracy. >> okay, ben habib , superb as >> okay, ben habib, superb as even >> okay, ben habib, superb as ever, thanks for joining us on gb news. thank you very much. now i've got bad news for vickers because artificial intelligence is coming your intelligence is coming for your job. daubney on gb job. i'm martin daubney on gb news, news channel

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>> gb news. >> gb news. >> welcome back. it's 448 and you're watching or listening to me martin daubney on gb news now at 5:00. love the latest juice on nigel farage as itv faces an almighty backlash over racism allegations . yesterday i hosted allegations. yesterday i hosted allegations. yesterday i hosted a live debate on whether uk should return the elgin marbles to greece and today, rishi sunak and sir keir starmer clashed at prime minister's question times over sunaks refusal to meet the greek prime minister after he made comments about the issue. well, i'm joined now by stathis kalyvas, who's an advisory board member at the pantheon project. thank you very much for joining us. so this topic has absolutely captivate the public imagination. it's captured politics here in the uk for the last couple of days, and it all started, of course, when our prime minister snubbed your prime minister snubbed your prime minister. but in terms of the feeling amongst the greek

population , the greek people, population, the greek people, why is this issue so important to you ? to you? >> well, the parthenon is probably the most important monument in greece. it's very much associated with the greeks sense of the classical past . and sense of the classical past. and there is a sense that there's a very big part of it that is missing. >> and so people would like to see the monument whole again , so see the monument whole again, so to speak . to speak. >> people would say about keeping them in britain. stathis that the british museum is the safest place for them. and in fact, elgin rescued them from certain destruction when he brought them back to the uk in 1810. so elgin would say he's done the greek people a favour . done the greek people a favour. >> well, the rest of the monument was saved while in greece and one could say that there is a very nice museum now called the acropolis museum in greece, which is technologically very advanced, very recent. >> it's been around for 14 years. >> and it's ready to receive the

marbles in a location that is, in fact, facing the actual monument. >> but it doesn't need to be a zero sum game, so to speak. >> there are very creative solutions being discussed right now about win win solutions in which everyone can have their cake, so to speak, and also eat it . it. >> a lot of people in britain have been rather cynical, i'm afraid. now, this about the nofion afraid. now, this about the notion that a loan agreement would please both countries, because people here think as soon as they're loaned to greece , we'd never get them back . , we'd never get them back. >> well, there are many other things that, in fact, the british museum can get from greece, including antiquities, have never left greece that can be exhibited every year you can have a rolling show. >> in fact , of fantastic >> in fact, of fantastic antiquities every year in the british museum, giving an opportunity for the visitors to

enjoy a very different set of artefacts that have never been seen outside of greece . seen outside of greece. >> so one can think in creative ways of solutions that can be, in fact, both sides very happy politically. >> there are issues , of course, >> there are issues, of course, because rishi sunak of course, our current prime minister, conservative lviv, has basically shut and your prime minister refused to even meet because he, according to him, rishi anyhow , according to him, rishi anyhow, now your prime minister broke the code of not talking about it, but the labour party, sir keir starmer they seem much more receptive. in fact, keir starmer has openly admitted he'd be up for a loan style agreement. so from a greek perspective, does a labour government a keir starmer prime ministership , offer a prime ministership, offer a fresh opportunity to you of reclaiming the marbles as long as there are government is willing to discuss the issue? >> and certainly as long as

there is a an authority the british museum willing to consider alternatives to the present situation, i think we have the opportunity to explore opfions have the opportunity to explore options that have been out of the table for a long time, but can actually serve the purpose of giving us a way out of this impasse. >> what about the notion of reparations? we hear that often in terms of the british should make constant reparations, but the fact of the matter is, elgin pay the fact of the matter is, elgin pay £35,000 for the marbles in a fair trade with the ottoman empire worth about £5 million in today's money. surely if you want them back, you should pay for them . for them. >> reparations. i think , is the >> reparations. i think, is the wrong argument for the for the problem and the issue about the elgin marbles is that they're not really representative of every artefact that has been present in every museum that has

been transported from the place it has been found to the place where it is exhibited. >> what makes those marbles? i would say special is the fact that they were disconnected. they were taken out of a particular building that still exists and therefore there is an issue of reunification . and so issue of reunification. and so it's a matter of finding a deal that satisfies both sides as opposed to actually forcing one side to pay for it. opposed to actually forcing one side to pay for it . or to, you side to pay for it. or to, you know, to in a sense, giving reparations for something that was that happened a very long time ago. so reparation, i would say, is a non—starter in this particular case. >> stathis kalyvas, we're going to have to leave it there. and advisory board member at the parthenon project. thank you very forjoining us. so in very much forjoining us. so in the next have the the next hour, i'll have the latest on the migrant crisis. but here's the weather. but first, here's the weather. >> outlook boxed >> a brighter outlook with boxed solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello again. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office . we'll stay from the met office. we'll stay dry and clear for many through the rest of the day, but will the rest of the day, but it will be feeling cold and as a be feeling very cold and as a result there snow and result, there are some snow and ice warnings in force for thursday we're going to thursday morning. we're going to be seeing some snow being brought cold front along brought by this cold front along north eastern through the north eastern coast through the rest day and tomorrow and rest of the day and tomorrow and then some further rain and potentially across the potentially snow across the south—west so as that south—west later. so as that rain across the southwest moves northwards and bumps into the colder air could start to bring some to high ground of some snow to the high ground of devon snow showers devon and cornwall. snow showers across the northeast, as well as northern ireland, will bring a risk of some icy stretches by thursday morning . widely, thursday morning. widely, though, it's going to be a very cold start to thursday. we could be low as minus eight in be as low as minus eight in rural areas of scotland and north—west very north—west england. so a very cold start to the day, but some sunshine to be had in similar areas where we'll see it through today. of northern ireland today. parts of northern ireland and much of northern and western england the south, though, it england in the south, though, it will stay cloudier with that

rain potentially snow rain and potentially hill snow persisting through much of the day. there'll be another cold day. there'll be another cold day. temperatures reaching day. temperatures only reaching 4 or 5 degrees for many of us across the north. far north of scotland. it's going to be windy, so it will feel chillier up here. and on friday morning it be another very cold it will be another very cold start. could see some start. we could see some freezing fog across southeastern areas . so freezing fog across southeastern areas. so that will bring a bit of a murky start. there'll be some more sunshine around on saturday. on sunday, saturday. and then on sunday, we could temperatures could see the temperatures finally starting to rise a little. looks like things are heating up. >> box spoilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news one on the weather on. gb news one on the show today, we've been told itv is refusing to send nigel farage team the footage that they allege shows the gb news% using allege shows the gb news% using a racist term . a racist term. >> in the last hour, we heard from a lawyer who told us that if itv publish it, they'd be breaching ofcom and they'll be in deep trouble. i'm martin daubney on gb and this is daubney on gb news and this is britain's news channel

it's 5 pm. good afternoon. welcome to the show. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. we've got a cracking five an hour coming up, including our top story, the rumble in the jungle has reached fever pitch earlier today. there's a racism row broke out over allegations itv news plan to do a sting on an old video

that nigel farage put out. but we've heard on this show in the last two hours, farage team haven't even seen that video from the itv. and we spoke to a media lawyer earlier who advises both itv and former. i'm a celebrity clients saying itv , if celebrity clients saying itv, if they publish it, they will be in breach of ofcom regulations . breach of ofcom regulations. it's reaching fever pitch and there's more to come in the next hour. there's more to come in the next hour . next there's more to come in the next hour. next story today , hour. next story today, immigration took centre stage as the foremost issue . surely at the foremost issue. surely at the foremost issue. surely at the next general election , he the next general election, he got bruising in pmqs. starmer accused rishi of losing control of a party in open revolt and the tory party responded with a brutal attack ad on starmer , brutal attack ad on starmer, saying starmer wants open borders. and starmer campaigned for crooks to stay in the uk. and finally, i'll be asking the question after a series of brutal murders with people wearing full face coverings as people dressed as hamas terrorists at pro—palestinian

protests and also a rise in hate crimes, is it time to repeal british laws and change it so we ban full face coverings and balaclavas on british streets? all of that coming up in the next action packed hour . it's next action packed hour. it's fair to say it's completely kicking off down under about the nigel farage allegations. first of all, they're trying to completely destroy nigel's political career. they're trying to destroy his reputation on the show. and now allegations he hasn't even seen the video . and hasn't even seen the video. and itv, if they publish , they'll be itv, if they publish, they'll be damned by an ofcom sting. this one is reaching fever pitch all that coming in the next hour. but first, here's the latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . martin thank you middlehurst. martin thank you and good evening to you. >> well, our top story from the newsroom tonight is that the israeli prime minister says his

country will continue to fight hamas the end, despite the hamas until the end, despite the pause in fighting israel and hamas have begun negotiating on an extension to the humanitarian truce which has been in place for the last four days, which would see the exchange of men or military personnel, not just women and children . as has been women and children. as has been the case so far , benjamin the case so far, benjamin netanyahu repeated that israel is resolute in its intention to destroy the hamas terror group as he had . as he had. >> there is no situation where we won't go back to fighting until the end. this is my policy. the entire cabinet is behind it. the entire government's behind it. the soldiers are behind it. and our people are behind it. this is exactly what we will do . so keir exactly what we will do. so keir starmer says the government is to blame for record migration numbers as he promised to scrap laws that allows workers from overseas to be paid less than british workers .

british workers. >> the prime minister and the labour leader clashed on illegal migration at prime minister's questions earlier on today , with questions earlier on today, with sir keir saying the apparent salary gap was effectively an incentive for illegal migrants to enter the uk. rishi sunak conceded that illegal migration levels are too high, but he insisted the number is coming down. >> it's really a bit rich to hear about this from someone who described all immigration law as racist, who literally said it was a mistake to control immigration. we have taken steps and we will take further steps, which is why recent estimates of immigration show that it's slowing. it's why next year the immigration health surcharge will increase by over two thirds. it's why immigration fees are going up by up to 35. >> rishi sunak nottingham city council says it is in severe financial distress and therefore unable to deliver a balanced budget. the council has issued a section 114 notice the same measure taken by birmingham

council in september. that means all new spending is frozen , with all new spending is frozen, with the exception of statutory services and measures which protect vulnerable people. the labour run council insists. however, it isn't bankrupt and does have sufficient financial resources to meet its current obugafions. resources to meet its current obligations . the former health obligations. the former health secretary says he found the centrally made government decisions during the coronavirus pandemic were often made at the last minute. sajid javid told the inquiry today that the cabinet in place at the start of the covid pandemic was what he called designed to place dominic cummings and boris johnson as primary decision makers with a view to centralising power in downing street, alleging that the extent of the dysfunctional city at number 10, as he called it in early 2020, wasn't something he'd experienced before . an inquest has found before. an inquest has found today. all four teenagers drowned following a car crash in nonh drowned following a car crash in north wales last month. the

bodies of jevon hirst harvey owen will fitchett and hugo morris were found in their car, which had left the road overturned and was partially submerged in water. the a—level students failed to return home to shropshire from an overnight camping trip to the snowdonia area . labour has been setting area. labour has been setting out planned measures aimed at protecting small businesses from anti—social behaviour. shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds says the town centre police patrols will be introduced under labour if the party wins the next general election in a gb news exclusive, he told our economic and business editor liam halligan the gap between the way larger companies and small businesses are treated is growing legitimate concerns about the pubuc legitimate concerns about the public sector and how it relates to late payments. >> so look, we will take that and put that into the plan. what we've fundamentally tried to do, however, is not just say the solution this is particular solution to this is particular targets or rights for smaller

businesses because they will tell us, well, look, you can have the right to enforce contractual on a on a contractual terms on a on a larger business if that is such an important customer to you, you're a position to do you're not in a position to do that. what we've that. and that's why what we've put this argument put forward is this argument around around around transparency, around having committees having audit committees report on larger businesses on how quickly larger businesses are paying their smaller suppliers hours so that we can all as consumers , as all see as consumers, as customers, exactly going customers, what is exactly going on. a >> a controversial new book about the royal family has been pulled from the bookshelves in the netherlands , end—game by the netherlands, end—game by omid scobie has been taken off the shelves amid reports the book specifically names members of the royal family who allegedly inquired about the eventual skin colour of harry and meghan's son, archie, before he was born . the publisher says he was born. the publisher says it was due to an error that occurred in the dutch edition rolling back on previous claims there had been a translation problem. the corrected version will be in the shops on friday. that's the news on gb news across the uk . on tv, in your

across the uk. on tv, in your car , on digital radio and on car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> thank you, polly. superb as even >> thank you, polly. superb as ever. now we start with our very own nigel farage and itv are facing a furious backlash over racism allegations against the gb news presenter farage accused of making a racist comment in a video he filmed for a member of the public two years ago on the cameo platform, i spoke to media lawyer jonathan covid earlier on the show and he told me itv could be in trouble with ofcom if they publish it. i can say it's odd from the perspective of someone who's legal doubt television programmes for 30 years and legal out television programmes for itv as a younger lawyer. >> and one of the things that puzzles me about this is that the itv legal team that i used to work with was very concerned to work with was very concerned to stay with the terms of the

ofcom code and ofcom is a respected regulator. it's got the power to fine and it's got the power to fine and it's got the power to fine and it's got the power ultimately to take away the licences . now let me away the licences. now let me read you paragraph section section seven one, one of the ofcom code . it says if ofcom code. it says if a programme alleges wrongdoing or incompetence or makes other significant allegations, those concerned should normally be given an appropriate and timely opportunity to respond . now, the opportunity to respond. now, the problem here is that you cannot, in a situation where nigel farage cannot be spoken to, and i've also had clients in the jungle and had this problem being able to try and take instructions from a client . i'll instructions from a client. i'll tell you, the rule is absolutely bullet—proof they will not let you speak your lawyer you speak to anyone. your lawyer or anything. so what itv seem to me to be doing, or anything. so what itv seem to me to be doing , which or anything. so what itv seem to me to be doing, which is or anything. so what itv seem to me to be doing , which is which me to be doing, which is which to me is a serious breach . to me is a serious breach. obviously this is just my own professional opinion, but it looks like a serious ofcom breach because it's essential

that nigel farage has given the opportunity personally to respond to these allegations. now his team are out there and that's fine. i'm sure there are super competent team , but if an super competent team, but if an allegation is being made against him of racism, that's a very serious allegation in my view. and it had i been advising the programme, i'd have said, you cannot make this allegation without nigel farage personally being asked for his response to it. well the story grows and grows , doesn't it? grows, doesn't it? >> i'm joined now in the studio by charlie peters to go through this. charlie jonathan koether, a media lawyer with significant experience who's advised both the itv in a capacity of their programming and individual clients who've previously appeared on this show, i'm a celebrity clear in his words. you cannot put a serious allegation like this out about somebody on a current show without a right of reply. and because of the nature of this show, they can't do it. therefore, he's saying itv should not publish this .

should not publish this. >> and if they were to publish it we have to consider what the it, we have to consider what the response might be. and i imagine the immediate offence of that would clearly would be this is quite clearly nonsense . he's simply reading nonsense. he's simply reading from a script of what somebody else has said to him and asked him to speak out and he has. among the 4000 clips he's done for this video sharing platform, cameo understand that cameo didn't understand that what he was saying was offensive because, of course, as we know, nigel, he was sent something nigel, if he was sent something offensive, he wouldn't be offensive, he wouldn't just be reading that . so reading it out like that. so i think potentially that would be the we would hear. and the defence. we would hear. and if itv are pushing this allegation in, in order to distract from nigel's performance in the jungle or even possibly get him out of the jungle, then there is a risk. is there not, that this defence of needing a right of reply could actually lead to him being removed? that's one theory i've heard today from experts commenting on this story. who said that? well, you know , if said that? well, you know, if itv say that this is a serious allegation of racism and it

needs a response, then they might say because he can't respond to it, let's get him out so he can respond to it. that is i think that is a serious risk we have to consider in this story that he could be pulled out to respond bond to this allegation, because it allegation, because as it stands, it floats in the air without of reply. without any right of reply. >> and it is such serious >> and it is such a serious allegation. we it's allegation. we know it's a career tackle to be career ending tackle to be accused , particularly accused of racism, particularly somebody stature, somebody of nigel's stature, history and political future. perhaps all the plan b could be they would break that contact with the outside world and have to inform him that would throw the entire show in the air, be chaos. that would break one of the one of the holy rules of the show. and anyhow, how how would you feel if you were a contestant in that show finding out news of itv out that the news arm of itv were attacking you while a contestant? you'd be outraged . contestant? you'd be outraged. you'd probably walk out anyway. >> i think these >> precisely. and i think these are the questions that itv and the to answer the corporation need to answer today. much knowledge do the today. how much knowledge do the producers behind i'm a celebrity have of this itv news

investigation ? an and when was investigation? an and when was this information gathered in the first place? is it possible that they were waiting for nigel's performance in the jungle to be assessed before they promoted and started to brief on these allegations or are they absolutely fresh in the last 24 hours, a brand new piece of information that they're pushing to gb news and nigel for comment on? well, those questions, of course, remain unanswered. >> well, a lot of the a lot of the kind of trick up videos where they deliberately got nigel to make mistakes were specifically targeted by remainers with an axe to grind and the news organisation that suppued and the news organisation that supplied itv have an axe to gnnd supplied itv have an axe to grind with nigel. for many , many grind with nigel. for many, many years. they want to see him eradicate or remove from british politics. begs the question is that what itv want? because itv news . let's face it, news. let's face it, historically i haven't been remotely flattering towards nigel or the brexit campaign at all. the managing director of itv , kevin lygo, made some very itv, kevin lygo, made some very disparaging comments about nigel the other night at a private

function which were recorded and broke out. he made a hand gesture. seems as is it gesture. it seems as is it another natwest ? is this a another natwest? is this a situation where a company seems to have a personal axe to grind, or is that just a conspiracy theory? >> i think it's not a conspiracy theory. if the comments were recorded people could recorded and all people could hear the gesture and hear about the hand gesture and some remarks made at that some of the remarks made at that private function , well, it's not private function, well, it's not so private anymore . public so private anymore. public information , now. but that information now, now. but that does point to a sort of a character assassination that you were referring to. martin and a wider attempt to harm his reputation , because let's be reputation, because let's be clear, he hasn't followed the script. they've paid £1.5 million. we're hearing, for nigel's performance in the jungle. and he's giving people what many around the country have known and expected from him, which is kindness, joviality and good humour, good nature. i think what itv hoped for was that he'd be some sort of bombastic, angry figure being divisive in the jungle. i think by contrast , what we've had is by contrast, what we've had is people being very angry towards him and in responding, as he always has, as we see him do so

on channel, when he is on this channel, when he is affronted anger, calm, affronted with anger, it's calm, it's rational, it's clear, and it's rational, it's clear, and it's polite . it's polite. >> and but they were determined , >> and but they were determined, it seems to put an end to that. it seems like it may have backfired. charlie peters, superb as ever. thanks for joining in studio. well, joining me in the studio. well, also me now is nick tyrone also join me now is nick tyrone is author of this week in is the author of this week in brexit land. nick, thanks for joining us. so this story is gathering pace as we speak now , gathering pace as we speak now, you're a media lawyer , jonathan you're a media lawyer, jonathan code, who's formerly represented , entered both many itv programs and clients who've been on i'm a celebrity, say the itv cannot and should not publish the allegations of racism against nigel because he has no right of reply and over an allegation of serious as this that could be career ending. this drama rolls on and on. yes. well two things about it. >> one is it's very odd the way itv have done it with this sort of trailing of this idea of

there's going to be this controversial thing , nigel controversial thing, nigel farage is going to say this controversial thing and then just of letting it sit just sort of letting it sit there for a while. >> and as others have said on your program, not allowing nigel any just seems any right of reply just seems just really keeping with it. >> but the other thing i would say is it just feels strange to me. >> i mean, itv could make a decision to either have nigel farage on or not if they feel for whatever reason, they don't want farage on the want to have nigel farage on the their fine. their celebrity program, fine. >> then it's very strange to >> but then it's very strange to me to have him on and then sort of play this moral card about how what a bad man nigel farage is. >> and we've got this footage, um , it just seems like they're um, it just seems like they're sort of trying to claim a morality or some some sort of high ground that they just simply don't have, if that makes sense . sei'ise. >> sense. >> what do you make of this kind of it's not even a conspiracy. it's nakedly out there. we have an online news organ which is disliked nigel and all he stands for years delivered . lately it for years delivered. lately it seems enticing him into saying

something which they now claim is racist, which they then provide to itv. and during an itv game show, itv news seems to go in for a sting. just ahead of the first votes for eviction . it the first votes for eviction. it seems this isn't a conspiracy theory. this is just happening in real time before our very eyes. >> well, yeah. again, i just find it very odd. >> i mean, itv have a decision. >> i mean, itv have a decision. >> either they're going to put nigel farage the or nigel farage on the air or they're if they're going to they're not. if they're going to put nigel farage on the air, they, know, that's they, you know, that's it. they've they they've made their bed. they need follow , you know, due need to follow, you know, due course. the correct things. i just think having him on and then stitching him is just then stitching him up is just just. and that would be the same for anyone . for anyone. >> i mean, literally anyone. >> i mean, literally anyone. >> jeremy corbyn. >> if it was jeremy corbyn. i mean, stand jeremy mean, i can't stand jeremy corbyn, if did to corbyn, but if they did this to jeremy think jeremy corbyn, i would think that's really not on. >> can't do that. so it's >> you can't do that. so it's not for specific. i just not for our specific. i just think bad faith. not for our specific. i just thirthe bad faith. not for our specific. i just thirthe big bad faith. not for our specific. i just thirthe big questionith. not for our specific. i just thirthe big question is. not for our specific. i just thirthe big question is do you >> the big question is do you think this will help or hinder? nigel certainly, if you look at the comments online today,

people once again , as we saw so people once again, as we saw so many, many times throughout all of those years, nigel's fans have rallied behind him. they can see this for what it is and they're calling it out. so do you think this will harm him or do you think it will help him ? do you think it will help him? >> well, i mean, actually, that comes back to another thing is, is what itv doing actually more clever giving them clever than we're giving them credit they trying credit for? so are they trying to sort of, if you like, create a whole scandal to create more ratings people tune in? maybe ratings so people tune in? maybe they figured that actually . they figured out that actually. well, a fan well, nigel farage has a fan base. perhaps it's people that haven't watched the program as much in the past and maybe they want to keep farage on. >> and so maybe actually in doing this, i mean, again, now i'm sort of getting into conspiracy theories , but i mean, conspiracy theories, but i mean, who maybe they actually who knows, maybe they actually want nigel farage to stay on till the end. >> if he i mean , i guess in >> if he i mean, i guess in a sense, why not? >> do you think that the allegations that this this kind of institutional mindset that seems to have taken over coutts

bank and natwest and the bbc report that just happened to be at the dinner at the same time as dame alison rose, who just happened to get the story, just happened to get the story, just happened to get the story, just happened to break and happened to break it. and now we're seeing at itv , it seems to we're seeing at itv, it seems to be that certainly within the news organ, let's face it , they news organ, let's face it, they weren't at all very complimentary about nigel or brexit for all of those years . brexit for all of those years. is this proof? do you think, that there's that kind of mindset also within the itv or is that just a wild conspiracy theory ? theory? >> no, i mean, as i say, i mean, the more i'm thinking about it, the more i'm thinking about it, the more i'm thinking about it, the more i'm thinking i think it's much more cynical than that. think it's much more cynical than that.think it it's much more cynical than that. think it probably it's much more cynical than that.think it probably is a way >> i think it probably is a way to create a story . to create a story. >> i mean, let's face it, we've all been talking about it. it's been the thing that's been a one of dominant news stories . of the dominant news stories. >> all day. so, you know, >> this all day. so, you know, it has been, in a sense, a lot of publicity for i'm a celebrity, get me out of here. uh, did they do it intentionally? >> i don't know. but it does work out in their favour. so, you know, it just.

>> it's worth asking the question . question. >> okay, well, the rumble in the jungle is reaching fever pitch. nick. the author this nick. tyrone the author of this week brexit land. we're going week in brexit land. we're going to have to leave it there. thank you much joining on to have to leave it there. thank you show.nuch joining on to have to leave it there. thank you show. and joining on to have to leave it there. thank you show. and we'llyining on to have to leave it there. thank you show. and we'll have on to have to leave it there. thank you show. and we'll have much the show. and we'll have much more a little more on this story a little later in this hour. and there's more on this story a little later irof1is hour. and there's more on this story a little later irof coverage and there's more on this story a little later irof coverage on there's more on this story a little later irof coverage on our re's plenty of coverage on our website as well. and thanks to you, fastest you, gbnews.com is the fastest growing site in growing national news site in the . it's got breaking the country. it's got breaking news brilliant news and all the brilliant analysis you've to expect analysis you've come to expect from gb news. so thanks to you for that happen. now for making that happen. now moving on, the tories are trying to take the fight to labour in the over the image creation the row over the image creation crisis. they've released an ad claiming sir keir starmer wants open borders and that people can't trust labour to tackle immigration. i'm martin daubney on gb news and this is britain's news channel

&co & co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> welcome back. it's 524. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now in a few minutes i'll discuss whether people should be banned from wearing face coverings in public. i think it helps people break the and intimidate break the law and intimidate others with those full face balaclavas we seem to see all too often now. another day, another row about immigration. but today the tories have really gone on the full frontal attack and they've targeted sir keir starmer personally in the last few hours they posted on x or twitter or whatever it's called. these days, claiming that the

labour leader wants open borders . starmer and rishi sunak clashed about migration at pmqs today in 2019. >> they all promised the country that they would control all immigration numbers will come down. the british people will be in control . well, how's it going ? >> 7- >> all 7_ >> all we've ? >> all we've heard up until this moment from the honourable gentleman on this topic is a secret backroom deal with the eu that would see an additional 100,000 migrants here every year i >> -- >> well, it's kicking off. and earlier today, deputy chairman of the conservative party, lee anderson , questioned home office anderson, questioned home office officials about illegal migration. and it's fair to say that he wasn't happy with what they had to say to him, quote, foreign offenders aside and albanians aside, just forget about those numbers. >> how many people travelling on small boats has been refused asylum , have been sent to asylum, have been sent to a third country or back to their own country of the past three

years . years. >> i don't think we have. i don't think we'll write to the committee with those numbers. >> mr anderson. >> mr anderson. >> that's quite staggering. >> that's quite staggering. >> actually very. so >> that's actually very. so okay, then let's do it. >> for the last year. >> for the last year. >> i don't have a number for non—albanian non knows. >> perhaps they might be able to help you. >> let's do last week then. >> let's do last week then. >> do we have any figures about anything ? anything? >> well what planet are they on. well can now speak with mike jones, who's the executive director of migration watch . director of migration watch. good afternoon to you, mike. always a pleasure. let's start, shall we, with that lee anderson clip it there. clip then, if you saw it there. but just asked a simple but he just asked a simple question in home office. see question in to home office. see our many people who've our staff how many people who've been refused asylum in the uk have been deported to their countries and they didn't have an answer ? an answer? >> yeah. i mean, in terms of the statistics, there's always a lag between what the home office

knows is true and what they release to the general public. >> but at the end of the day, it's very difficult to deport people who have arrived in the uk via illegal means. people who have arrived in the uk via illegal means . and uk via illegal means. and obviously this is due to the principle of non—refoulement . principle of non—refoulement. >> as you know, you can't deport someone if there's a chance they may be humiliated in some way within their country of origin. >> um , and ultimately that's the >> um, and ultimately that's the root of it. >> and this is obviously adding to the backlog and it makes it very difficult to control our borders and to reduce the pull factor to this country. >> and mike, meanwhile, public patience is wearing very thin on this. a new poll out yesterday evening from yougov tracking the most important issues facing the british electorate, said that immigration is now the number one issue with tory voters and leavers. 68% of them claim it's the most important issue facing the most important issue facing

the country. and we saw today in parliament this becoming a dirty fight . they were at it like rats fight. they were at it like rats in a sack storm having a pop at rishi and then the tories releasing this attack attack ad in response . it's getting dirty, in response. it's getting dirty, mike but i think this is they're finally waking up to the fact that the public are so exact operated with their inaction on this issue . this issue. >> well, it should be the number one issue. i mean , it's one issue. i mean, it's completely found rational to the way a society functions. you know , it affects, um , it affects know, it affects, um, it affects the economy . the economy. >> it affects house prices, pubuc >> it affects house prices, public infrastructure, social cohesion, trust , you know, cohesion, trust, you know, immigration touches on various other areas of public policy. >> and the government has been very janus faced about this. >> mike, something else that came out today that i thought was astonishing, and that is when we dig into the details of work visas. granted there were

32,000 care worker visas , 6000 32,000 care worker visas, 6000 nurses, 5000 senior care workers . and an incredible fact stapled to that is that it's legal to pay any to that is that it's legal to pay any of these people 20% less than they would pay to a briton doing the same job. that's an astonishing inequality. that to me seems to be very biased against british workers as well. >> um, we are migrationwatch did research on this a few months ago and you know , we didn't ago and you know, we didn't pluck these numbers out of the air. >> we got them from the ons , the >> we got them from the ons, the office of national statistics and the home office and what we found is that nearly 60% of all, all foreign workers in the uk are employed in jobs that are not highly skilled , and that's not highly skilled, and that's nearly 3 million people. and you know, these occupations include migrant chefs, butchers , migrant chefs, butchers, fishmongers and poultry

dressers. i mean , the share of dressers. i mean, the share of skilled work permits being granted for below graduate levels, level jobs has risen from 11% in 2021 to 62% in 2023. and you know, the so—called shortage occupation list makes this much easier. so this is not an immigration policy that recruits the best and the brightest , but it's not an brightest, but it's not an immigration policy that reduces the number of low and mid skilled immigrant workers . and skilled immigrant workers. and it's certainly not an immigration policy that reduces overall numbers . overall numbers. >> okay. mike jones, executive director of migration watch. we're going to have to leave it there. it's a system that enables and encourages cheap foreign labour at 20% below the british market rate. and that's why the numbers are out of control. there's lots more to come still now between between

now 6:00, i'll discuss now and 6:00, i'll discuss whether people be banned whether people should be banned from coverings in from wearing face coverings in pubuc from wearing face coverings in public increasingly public as criminals increasingly use them to hide their identity. but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin thank you . the >> martin thank you. the headunes >> martin thank you. the headlines this hour. the israeli prime minister says his country will continue to fight until the end against hamas despite the pause in fighting israel and hamas have been negotiating an extension to the humanitarian truce, which would see the exchange of men or military personnel and not just include women and children, but benjamin netanyahu , who insists that netanyahu, who insists that israel is resolute in its intention to destroy the hamas terror group . in use here at terror group. in use here at home. sir keir starmer says the government is to blame for record immigration numbers, as he promised a scrap laws that allows workers from overseas to be paid less than british workers. the prime minister and the labour leader clashed on

illegal migration at pmqs earlier with sir keir saying the apparent salary disparity was effectively an incentive for illegal migrants to enter the uk . rishi sunak conceded that immigration levels are too high, but insisted the number is coming down. >> it's really a bit rich to hear about this from someone who described all immigration law as racist , but who literally said racist, but who literally said it was a mistake to control immigration. we have taken steps and we will take further steps, which is why recent estimates of immigration show that it's slowing . it's why next year, the slowing. it's why next year, the immigration health surcharge will increase by over two thirds. it's why immigration fees are going up by up to 35. nottingham city council says it's in severe financial distress and unable to deliver a balanced budget. >> the council has issued a section 114 notice. that's the same measure taken by birmingham council in september. it means all new spending is frozen with the exception of essential

services as. but the labour run council insists it's not bankrupt and does have sufficient funds to meet its current obligations . and a current obligations. and a controversial new book about the royal family has been pulled from the bookshelves in the netherlands game by omid scobie has been taken off the shelves amid reports the book specifically names members of the royal family who allegedly inquired about the eventual skin colour harry and meghan's colour of harry and meghan's son, archie , before he was born. son, archie, before he was born. the publisher says it was due to an error that occurred in the dutch rolling back on dutch edition, rolling back on previous claims. there'd been a translation error. the new version will be available on friday. those are the headlines as you can get more back detail on that by visiting our website gbnews.com . for a valuable gbnews.com. for a valuable legacy your family can own gold coins will always shine bright. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> let's look at the numbers,

shall we? the pound buying you today 1.26, nine, $7 and ,1.1566. the price of gold. £1,610.28 an ounce. and the ftse 100 is closed for the day today , 100 is closed for the day today, landing at 7423 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . and thank you, polly. report. and thank you, polly. >> now, after a recent boom in the use of full face masks and balaclavas in murders, hate crimes and violent protests , crimes and violent protests, today i'm asking, is it time to ban full face coverings from british streets? there is historical precedent for this. under the northern ireland act in 1996, it was an offence to wear a mask or a hood in a pubuc wear a mask or a hood in a public place for the purpose of concealing identity because of course of the troubles and the ira. so today i'm asking, is it

time for history to repeat itself? well, joining me now to discuss this is former former scotland yard detective peter bleksley, great friend of the show. peter, this just strikes me as something that would be a good measure because we've seen just today alone there was a violent stabbing of a man to death outside a kfc restaurant . death outside a kfc restaurant. the hoodlums were all wearing full face masks. we saw at the pro—palestine protest , we've pro—palestine protest, we've seen people in hamas fancy dress again wearing full face masks. we've seen a 650% increase in anti—semitic hate crime. it just seems to me that a lot of this crime is perpetrated and protected by those wearing full face coverings and therefore a common sense approach might be to change the law. what's your take? >>i take? >> i completely agree with you. >> i completely agree with you. >> i completely agree with you. >> i am often unnerved when i see people with face masks and i think to myself, well, why are they wearing that? >> you you didn't mention, of

course, the fact that people wear full face masks when carrying out a whole raft of other crimes, such as shop lifting, for example, and assaults on retail staff, burglary , car theft, phone theft burglary, car theft, phone theft and the list goes on and on. it is, of course, a prickly subject because some people in the uk choose to wear a full face covering for religious purposes and let's just remind ourselves we have a fluffy woke , liberal we have a fluffy woke, liberal kind of attitude amongst many senior police officers who in recent times wouldn't have the courage to challenge a sexual grooming gangs because because they were afraid of the colour of their skin, their country of origin and their faith . origin and their faith. >> so with that kind of senior policing in charge , any kind of policing in charge, any kind of wholesale support for a ban on face coverings is simply just not going to be there. unfortunately >> and that's a real shame,

peter, because, you know, as water gets around a rock, criminals will look at new methods of law enforcement and adapt accordingly. and of course, i'm talking about cctv v, the ability to capture people's identities via their faces. of course , from the bank faces. of course, from the bank robbers of the wild west . now to robbers of the wild west. now to the streets of britain . a full the streets of britain. a full face covering gives criminals protection. so with with the idea in mind that criminals are more nimble than the law, why can't the law be brought up to date as it was in northern ireland . ireland. >> i can't hear anything on, fortunately. >> oh, what a shame . >> oh, what a shame. >> oh, what a shame. >> okay. what? can you hear me now? right. let's try and get him back up. the point i'm trying to make is, you know, things move on and criminals know that they can dodge the law by wearing full face masks . i by wearing full face masks. i see the time on my way to see it all the time on my way to work on my way home from work, i attend protests. i was at the armistice day protest and i saw people, hoodlums , thugs coming people, hoodlums, thugs coming down whitehall , all

people, hoodlums, thugs coming down whitehall, all wearing full face masks, trying to cause trouble, specifically and deliberately agitating british patriots and army veterans with their masks on. and the police literally stood by and did nothing wrong. i think peter bleksley is back with us now. peter, i was just relaying to gb news viewers my own experience recently at the armistice day protests when hoodlums , protests when hoodlums, palestinian protesters specifically came down whitehall and they said they wouldn't do that. and so many of them were wearing full face coverings. and it was army veterans and people like me going up to the police and saying, why aren't you getting these guys to take their masks going to masks off? they're going to cause trouble. the police, peter , stood and did , literally stood there and did nothing . nothing. >> yeah. and the really worrying thing is there is a power conferred on the police by the pubuc conferred on the police by the public order act section 60, so that if a particular bar is reached in terms of disorder and violence , they can ban those

violence, they can ban those face masks. >> so officers can actually confront a crowd and remove those face masks forcibly. >> but we have a reluctance from the police to use these powers . the police to use these powers. >> it is, of course, only applicable in fairly narrow circum stances. but another thing that concerns me about the proliferation of face mask wearing is we are now seeing facial recognition technology get better and better and better and being more widely used, which i think is highly appropriate in certain circumstances. >> but that technology will be rendered virtually useless if people are allowed to completely cover their faces . cover their faces. >> yeah, peter bleksley i'll say it every time i talk to you. if you have more people like you in charge, we might a fighting charge, we might have a fighting chance. bleksley, always chance. peter bleksley, always a pleasure. joining us pleasure. thanks forjoining us on news. moving i've on gb news. now moving on, i've got bad news for vickers. got some bad news for vickers. artificial intelligence is coming for because the coming for you because the department education study department for education study

has that vickers and has found that vickers and priests are those most at priests are among those most at risk from the growth of chat bots. well, i'm joined now by dr. gavin ashenden, a former anglican bishop and the associate editor of the catholic herald. thanks for joining associate editor of the catholic herald. thanks forjoining us, dr. ashenden it's always a pleasure. quite a surprise to me this and no doubt to you as well that people confessing their sins, they don't now prefer the human touch of a man of the cloth, of a vicar such as yourself, but increasingly they're turning to a virtual vicar, a chat bot. what do you make of that ? make of that? >> well, they're not really what you've decided, what you've cited is a study by academics , cited is a study by academics, which is assumed that what the clergy do is a normal kind of sociological function, but the whole point about christianity and believing in god is that it bnngsin and believing in god is that it brings in the supernatural . brings in the supernatural. well, now not everyone believes in it , but well, now not everyone believes in it, but those of who well, now not everyone believes in it , but those of who those in it, but those of who those who experience it do believe in it. one of the things it. and so one of the things that do is they rely on

that clergy do is they rely on the spirit and the holy spirit and their functions be replicated by functions can't be replicated by robots or by computers, at least if you try and do it, you discover it. it just doesn't work. it may make some rational sense, but we're talking about something super rational, something super rational, something breaks the something that breaks the boundanes something that breaks the boundaries of our empirical world, which is the whole point of believing in religion because it questions of it answers the questions of where we're going and what lies outside space. time outside time and space. so time and space solutions don't work. >> i wonder, though, if there's some merit in this and i'll tell you why. gavin because i did a study a chat bot to help study with a chat bot to help men's mental health a few years ago and we were looking at trying to get men in particular to open up and talk because quite often they're the one of the most stubborn demographics about help, particularly about seeking help, particularly when both when they're in trouble. both things suicide. and we things like male suicide. and we made software there. made a piece of software there. and the staggering thing we found was that those men , those found was that those men, those vulnerable men were three times more likely to talk to a chat bot than go and see a

psychotherapist and the reason they gave for that was fascinating or probably quite obvious, is that they wanted anonymity . they didn't want to anonymity. they didn't want to be judged . and so do you think be judged. and so do you think there might be some merit, gavin, in in the church maybe adopting their own chat bot to sort of chat? god well, i can well understand some people wanting wanting an anonymity and choosing that. >> but what we're really doing in the church is we're doing the opposite. we're providing we're saving people from anonymity, we're giving them personal relevance, a reason to live , a relevance, a reason to live, a reason to value who they are. we're giving them such a degree of forgiveness and acceptance that they no longer have to remain anonymous . they can be remain anonymous. they can be accepted and loved . but you accepted and loved. but you can't love from chat box . can't get love from a chat box. you can't get love from a robot. however make however clever we make artificial intelligence in the end , we need some somebody with end, we need some somebody with free will to love us because that replicates who we are . we. that replicates who we are. we. we have free will and you can only love with free will. and if

it's anything less than that, it's anything less than that, it's not love. and it doesn't work for us. >> okay, gavin, i think you've been hacked. there may be a chat bot was trying to cut you off. thank you very much for joining us, dr. gavin ashenden, former anglican bishop and the associate editor of the catholic herald. i think that study celibacy has got some merit. and when you look at some of the other jobs that are at risk, telephone sales person, solicitors, cycle wokeist, there we psychologists, we go. psychologists, people would talk to a chat bot would rather talk to a chat bot than psychologist they than a psychologist because they don't judged further. don't want to be judged further. education, teaching professionals, lecturers. they could of a job too. could be out of a job too. market street traders. market and street traders. that's a surprising one. credit controllers. how does a chatbot put a boot through your door anyway? interesting stuff to talk about. now, moving on. we've been told itv is refusing to send nigel farages team the footage that they allege shows the former politician using a racist term. i'm martin daubney on gb news. and this is britain's news

to 11 pm. only on gb news the people's channel. >> britain's news channel . >> britain's news channel. >> britain's news channel. >> welcome back. it's 547. you're watching or listening to me. martin daubney on gb news. now let's get more on our top story today, and that's itv are facing a furious backlash over racism allegations against the gb news presenter nigel farage. farage is accused of making a racist comment in a video he filmed for a member of the

pubuc filmed for a member of the public two years ago . but allies public two years ago. but allies close to the former politician have told us that itv is refusing to even send farages team the footage. well i'm joined now by the media commentator paul connew. paul, thanks for joining us commentator paul connew. paul, thanks forjoining us on the thanks for joining us on the show. always a pleasure . this show. always a pleasure. this story, the rumble in the jungle has just reached fever pitch this morning. it was an allegation of racism. then we found out on this show earlier that itv have refused to supply that itv have refused to supply that video evidence to farage his team . and earlier on we had his team. and earlier on we had jonathan code , an itv, former jonathan code, an itv, former itv media lawyer who's represented itv on its programmes, and also represented clients who've been on i'm a celebrity . and he is saying if celebrity. and he is saying if itv go ahead with this sting, they could be facing an ofcom breach that is that's possible. >> i must confess , i mean, nigel >> i must confess, i mean, nigel farage and i have different opinions politically as anybody who's seen me on his on his show will know.

>> but on this occasion, i feel i the complaints are being i feel the complaints are being stitched up a possibly true to although no, i was amazed personally amazed when nigel agreed to go on it, even for the rumoured £1.5 million for and as he argued for exposure to a wider audience. well of course we we've had the exposure of nigel's naked bum twice, which i don't think he actually had bargained for. but i mean, this is this is a curious situation , is this is a curious situation, but i think it falls into the category of what's known in the business now as politainment , business now as politainment, where you get a politician on and you because you know, that's going to be controversial and they'll be rouse, etcetera . and they'll be rouse, etcetera. and of course, i'm a celebrity where the viewing figures have been declined , meaning, you know declined, meaning, you know added nigel to of course too we've had matt hancock, we've before that we had olympic open and we also of course had nadine

dorries not controversial a few years ago. so i think, i think nigel, although i've sympathised with him on this one to a to an extent, i think he, he shouldn't be surprised and that his come in for some dirty tricks. >> but it's interesting, paul , >> but it's interesting, paul, how you mentioned there and i know i've seen you in the studio, i've shared studios and panels with you politically, you're not remotely aligned with nigel's politics, and yet you are you feel that are saying here you feel that this a stitch up, that it is this is a stitch up, that it is unfair. i wonder if that's unfair. and i wonder if that's actually to help actually going to help nigel because we've seen today, because what we've seen today, not only amongst his supporters, but increasing number but i think an increasing number of wouldn't call of people who wouldn't call themselves supporters, fact themselves supporters, the fact they themselves opponents , they call themselves opponents, they're that they're starting to feel that he's out for he's being singled out for unfair treatment . if there's one unfair treatment. if there's one thing the british public don't like, being bullied . and like, it's being bullied. and yeah, i think it's going to divide opinion here, including people like me who disagree with nigel largely. >> but on this occasion,

although i do think, as i've said, i do think he's a bit naive on this one because he shouldn't be surprised by this. and there's old and of course, there's the old adage, only worse than adage, the only thing worse than no is bad publicity. no publicity is bad publicity. so maybe that should be a bit of a consolation for mr farage on this one. but but i think maybe itv is spooked. they don't like the idea of possibly winning it. and although i'm no fan of celebrity, which i think is past its sell by date, professionally, i do dip in and out of it as a media commentator, but but i think it's probably between nigel farage and frankie dettori. in fact, you know , um, now i'm sure fact, you know, um, now i'm sure that remainers and i'm a remainer , but i'm sure a lot of remainer, but i'm sure a lot of remainers will be voting for every horrible experience for nigel while leavers will be hoping he wins. but. but i think it's a curious that they won't let this clip be seen by nigel's

representatives. i think that is a little odd. and until this story broke i'm just looking at now i'd never i'd never heard of this sort of cameo service where famous people actually send messages to members of the pubuc messages to members of the public on request. messages to members of the public on request . although public on request. although i think message to most celebrities and you know, and i've represented a few a hat is don't go onto things like cameo unless you know one can trust them and you know and whether nigel's been set up on cameo or whether he made a slip of the tongue or maybe he made some remark that could be interpreted two ways. i don't i don't know. but obviously, obviously only until we can see this footage, then that's hard to judge that. >> well, the fact of the matter is, paul, a great many times, a lot of a lot of remainers in particular did set out to trip up nigel. and there were more than one incident of him saying kind of pun names like the like the guy who phones the bar in

the guy who phones the bar in the simpsons. they were getting to that were to say names that were inappropriate bit inappropriate and it was a bit of a parlour game during lockdown. the question lockdown. so the final question briefly , if you could, why is a briefly, if you could, why is a video made two years ago suddenly coming back to sting? nigel, a few days before the first vote to leave the jungle conspiracy theory or targeted attack? >> that's a very that's a very good question. it could be. it could. it could be either it could. it could be either it could be an opportunist who thinks, ah, you know, i can get a bit of fame out of this or or we don't know yet . itv should be we don't know yet. itv should be asked whether they've paid for this video for example. a good a good question if you can get them to talk to you . them to talk to you. >> okay. paul gunwoo, we'll have to leave it there. thanks for joining us on the show. always a pleasure. now, in moment, i'll pleasure. now, in a moment, i'll be michelle dewberry be joined by michelle dewberry to she's got to find out what she's got coming her show, what's on coming up on her show, what's on her menu. but first, here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxed solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello again. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office . we'll stay from the met office. we'll stay dry and clear for many through the the day, but it will the rest of the day, but it will be feeling and as a be feeling very cold and as a result , there are some snow and result, there are some snow and ice warnings force for ice warnings in force for thursday morning. we're going to be seeing some snow being brought this cold front along brought by this cold front along north eastern out through brought by this cold front along north eaofern out through brought by this cold front along north eaof the out through brought by this cold front along north eaof the day. out through brought by this cold front along north eaof the day. andthrough the rest of the day. and tomorrow then further tomorrow and then some further rain potential snow across rain and potential snow across the southwest later ever. so as that rain across the southwest moves northwards and bumps into the colder could to the colder air could start to bnng the colder air could start to bring to the high bring some snow to the high ground of devon and cornwall. snow across the snow showers across the north—east as as northern north—east as well as northern ireland, will bring a risk of some icy stretches by thursday morning . widely, though, it's morning. widely, though, it's going to very cold start to going to be a very cold start to thursday, as we could be as low as minus eight in rural areas of scotland and north—west england. so cold start to the day, so a very cold start to the day, but some sunshine to be had in similar where we'll see it similar areas where we'll see it through parts of northern through today. parts of northern ireland and much of northern and western england in the south,

though, it will stay cloudier with that rain and potentially hill persisting through hill snow persisting through much of day . there'll be much of the day. there'll be another day temperature is another cold day temperature is only reaching 4 or 5 degrees for many of us across the north, far north of scotland. it's going to be windy, so it will feel chillier here. on friday chillier up here. and on friday morning it will be another very cold start. we could see some freezing across south freezing fog across south eastern areas. so that will bnng eastern areas. so that will bring a bit of murky start. bring a bit of a murky start. there'll sunshine there'll be some more sunshine around and then on around on saturday. and then on sunday, we could see the temperatures finally starting to rise . rise a little. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers sponsor shares up. boxed boilers sponsor shares of weather on gb news as. up. boxed boilers sponsor shares of weather on gb news as . okay. of weather on gb news as. okay. >> join now in the studio by michelle dewberry because dewbs& co coming up straight after this . what's on the menu? .what's on the menu? >> i want to talk about a lot of different things tonight. >> i want to ask about, you know, cash saving which your know, the cash saving which your appliances off, but not italy, obviously, in the bank. >> is that the right idea to get

us less electricity? also us to use less electricity? also winter fuel allowance should that be means tested? that is a controversial question. >> i suspect my audience will have strong opinions on that . have strong opinions on that. >> i'm asking as well, should the young get a future vote in the young get a future vote in the eu ? the eu? >> is it time to give them a say about whether or not we rejoin? of course, i'm talking about the ursula von der situation ursula von der leyen's situation in and more other stuff in and lots more other stuff coming got pr gurus coming in. i've got two pr gurus joining me tonight. yeah, alex dean and kevin craig. >> so i want to get into what's going to happen to nigel farage's brand at the end of the celebrity. >> is it going to be helped or hindered by all the goings on? >> well, they're certainly talking about every single talking about him every single day. lawyer on day. and we had a lawyer on earlier who says that itv earlier on who says that itv shouldn't publish the video because it will be an ofcom breach. there we go. >> oh, think that that cameo thing. >> yeah, we'll thing. >> yeah, yeah, we'll talk about this. pathetic . this. it's so pathetic. >> right mind? >> who in their right mind? >> who in their right mind? >> think people like >> i think people like brain cells just walk around cells or they just walk around desperate to be offended . desperate to be offended. >> and looking at that >> and we'll be looking at that and be explaining people and i'll be explaining if people don't cameo i'll don't know what cameo is, i'll explain about it.

explain all about it. >> great. if that's dewbs& co >> great. so if that's dewbs& co right this. thanks for right after this. thanks for joining

and when it comes to energy saving. and speaking of energy , saving. and speaking of energy, is it time to means test the winter fuel allowance ? winter fuel allowance? controversial? i know . and controversial? i know. and ursula von der leyen said that the young should fix brexit by basically returning us back to the eu. so should the young get another vote on the issue sometime in the near future? and when? what would it look like? and i also want to ask, should it be harder for companies to hire overseas workers ? and last hire overseas workers? and last but not least, there seems to be some odd goings on, doesn't there, when it comes to how nigel farage is being portrayed in the jungle? well, why. i will be getting stuck into all of that. but before i do, let's cross live to polly middlehurst for tonight's latest news headunes.

headlines. >> michelle, thank