well . well. >> hello and welcome to gb news sunday. hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there. thank you for joining wonderful weekend out there. thank you forjoining us wonderful weekend out there. thank you for joining us this lunchtime. i'm dawn neesom for the next two hours. lucky you keeping your company on telly, onune keeping your company on telly, online and on digital radio. coming up this hour. cracking show for you . nigel farage has show for you. nigel farage has said he is boycotting the bbc until he receives an apology from the broadcaster over accusations of bias in a special episode of question time. do you think it's right.7 should he do that, then the search for british teenager jay slater has been called off by local police. the civil guard had called for volunteers to join a new search for the teen in the masca area yesterday, and have now confirmed it has ended. we'll bnng confirmed it has ended. we'll bring you the very latest on that incredibly sad story. and banksy has claimed responsibility for the inflatable life raft holding dummy migrants that was launched across the crowd at glastonbury.

but some commentators say this stunt was tone deaf and crass. what do you think, though .7 but what do you think, though? but this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today or the colour of my sukh a lot of comments yesterday. very simple. visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say and join the conversation or message me on our socials @gbnews really simple. but first it's the news headunes simple. but first it's the news headlines with the lovely ray addison . addison. >> dawn i think the suit is fabulous. it's 1:01. our top fabulous. it's1:01. our top stories this hour. spanish police have called off the search for missing teenager jay slater in tenerife . the 19 year slater in tenerife. the 19 year old, from lancashire vanished whilst walking to his accommodation on june 17th, according to the civil guard

spokesperson. the search operation has now finished although the case remains open. it comes just two days after the force appealed for expert volunteers to help explore rugged terrain. the pm insists an election victory for the tories is still possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat . in an interview for the defeat. in an interview for the sunday telegraph, rishi sunak warned that labour's tax plans would bankrupt people in every generation. however, labour says its first steps would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists. the party continues to lead the tories in the polls by around 20 points ahead of thursday's election. pat mcfadden, labour's national campaign coordinator, told us labour has been clear on tax. >> there is nothing in our plans that requires. >> why can't you rule it out now? >> tax? >> tax? >> okay, how about this? will you increase council tax or re band council tax. >> well there's already under the tory plans. an assumption that council tax will go up

under their plans. >> okay. so will it go up under a labour government. >> nothing in our plans that requires council tax to go up. >> will you tax people's homes ? >> will you tax people's homes? >> will you tax people's homes? >> there is nothing in our plans that requires us. >> can you rule out taxing people more to drive a car or to put petrol and diesel into a car? can you rule that out there is nothing in our plans that requires us to do that. >> now, you could . >> now, you could. >> now, you could. >> nothing in our plans and ruling things out are two different things. >> nigel farage is currently addressing the largest mass meeting of reform party supporters. the event at the birmingham nec was expected to welcome an audience of up to 5000 people. mr farage has described the vote on thursday as a once in a lifetime opportunity to rebuild. broken britain comes at the end of a difficult week for the reform leader, who has dealt with multiple allegations about the behaviour of his candidates and activists. here he is speaking to camilla tominey earlier on this morning. >> i've been leader of this for a month, okay, i inherited a start up party that had almost

no money and almost no staff and said volunteer. we want, you know, we want candidates. so we have finished up with some people who were rotten. i tried to fix it by getting a well—known prominent for x number 10 man who had a vetting company. we gave him 144 grand. he didn't do the job. so we have finished up with some people who are truly dreadful. i apologise for that, but it's not reflective of me and it's not reflective of me and it's not reflective of me and it's not reflective of the party. >> the liberal democrats are pledging to give patients the legal right to see a gp within a week, if they win the general election. leader sir ed davey also says patients would be guaranteed cancer treatment within two months of a diagnosis. it's part of a new patient's charter, which would enshrine new rights into the nhs constitution. it would also aim to bolster access to urgent appointments, ensuring that anyone in need sees a gp within 24 hours. police in greater manchester have shot and killed an xl bully dog after it attacked a woman. and our

warning some viewers may find the following video distressing footage shared on social media shows officers firing at the dog, multiple times as it ran through a residential street in eccles. officers were called to reports of a dangerous and out of control dog on friday night, after members of the public had failed to contain the animal. the victim is still receiving treatment and two men were arrested after confronting officers well, in the united states, the white house is pushing back on reports that president biden plans to discuss the future of his campaign with his family at camp david today, after a report by nbc news that quoted several unnamed sources alleging that some senior party members are pushing for the president to stand aside. that follows his performance in a televised debate against donald trump. but officials say the trip was planned before the debate and denied that there was any serious discussion about the president's standing down. the king is opening balmoral to the pubuc king is opening balmoral to the public for the first time in its

history, from monday, charles will open the doors of his scottish retreat, allowing a glimpse of royal family life in the highlands. visitors will be able to take a guided tour of the aberdeenshire castle, where successive monarchs since queen victoria have gone to relax. rooms available for viewing will include the entrance hall, family dining rooms and the library. two right, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, ray. right. | >> thank you very much, ray. right. i think nigel farage is ready to speak at his rally in birmingham today. so not just yet. no he is bracing himself. so you brace yourself as well.

that's coming up very soon. so let's get straight into today's story while we wait for nigel. now, nigel has indeed said he is boycotting the bbc until he receives an apology from the broadcaster over accusations of bias in a special episode of question time, the reform uk leader took part in a half hour question and answer session with a live studio audience on friday, a format in which all the major political party leaders have participated, but he didn't get unlike the others. he didn't get a single round of applause or any any really love from the audience whatsoever, which was interesting and does make you question the audience and how they were selected, as nigel has indeed done . so while nigel has indeed done. so while we're waiting for nigel, indeed start speaking at his rally . start speaking at his rally. come on, nigel, let's see what my wonderful panel make of the question time story. i'm joined today by author and commentator nichi hodgson and writer and journalist emma wall. bit of a team girl thing going on here today. thank you very much for joining me, ladies. now we are waiting for the main man to come

on and address the rally in birmingham. but i mean, i'm going to come to you first nicky, on this one, the question time audience. i mean, you know , time audience. i mean, you know, nigel, the green party chat was just before him got rounds of applause and sort of like some nice questions , nigel farage was nice questions, nigel farage was was treated much more harshly. >> i thought, yeah, i mean, it's quite it is interesting. i mean, what are we saying? are we saying that the audience was pre—selected and purposefully pre—selected and purposefully pre—selected to stop him having any kind of rapport with them , any kind of rapport with them, that that seems too far fetched to me as an idea, but and i guess the thing for nigel is that obviously, you know, up until recently he's been here and he's very well loved and he's got people that, you know, he's got people that, you know, he's got people that, you know, he's got a sizeable fan club, and maybe he's just got a little bit too used to not being challenged by people. >> right. speaking of very well loved , i think we have do we loved, i think we have do we have nigel now ready to address the rally in birmingham. is he there ?

there? >> wow . >> wow. >> wow. good >> wow. good afternoon. birmingham >> welcome to the thinking man and thinking woman's alternative to glastonbury . to glastonbury. >> are we having fun ? good. i've >> are we having fun? good. i've got to tell you what. unlike all the others, all the other stuff . the others, all the other stuff. shirts. we are real people . we shirts. we are real people. we believe in ourselves. we believe in our country. we believe in our future . but we also believe our future. but we also believe in having fun and enjoying life and being optimistic about the future of our great country. now

|, future of our great country. now i, i got to tell you, if the last time i was in front of a crowd like this, it was the 31st of january 2020, and we were in parliament square and it was the moment that we finally left the european union. and richard and i were up on stage. and what a moment, what a moment. it was something that i'd campaigned for, for over a quarter of a century, and it was simply because i believe for all that time that the best people to govern britain were the british people themselves. that's what it was. all about anyway. it was my honour to do the countdown. ten, nine, eight. seven. six. five. four. three. two one. boom. and of course, the fireworks, which we always have . fireworks, which we always have. and we're out and i thought, well, i've achieved my life's

goal. well, i've achieved my life's goal . we've got back the goal. we've got back the self—governance of our nation. and it's time for me to walk away. it's time for me to walk away. it's time for me to walk away from active politics. having done it for a quarter of a century, including, of course , a century, including, of course, 20 years in the european parliament, an experience which i enjoyed a lot more than they did. let me tell you. and so, for the last four years, life has been pretty good. i've been able to help get gb news off the ground and do four shows a week, which i've loved , i've loved, which i've loved, i've loved, i've been back and forth across the atlantic like a commuter. speaking at colleges, speaking at conventions . all four of my at conventions. all four of my children are now grown up. indeed, so much so that this

week on of all days, the 23rd of june, the eighth anniversary of brexit, my first grandson was born as well. so . so life has born as well. so. so life has been pretty good. life has been content . i've not needed to work content. i've not needed to work much on saturdays and sundays . much on saturdays and sundays. i've not been subject to endless media attacks . we might come media attacks. we might come back to that. funnily enough , back to that. funnily enough, and i, i meant more money than i've earned for 30 years, and life has been great. and suddenly rishi calls a general election at very short notice . i election at very short notice. i thought, well, it's impossible, i can't possibly come back with just four weeks to go. but i

began to realise as i travel around the country that i simply could not stand aside when the choice or lack of choice is between slippery sunak . the between slippery sunak. the biggest spinner since blair, who's trying to convince us in what is now the fifth consecutive conservative manifesto that somehow they're a party of low tax when they put the tax burden up to the highest, it's been since 1948 to convince us that they're a party of low immigration levels . and of low immigration levels. and they got an 80 seat majority in 2019 on the back of that. and remember , with considerable remember, with considerable support from the brexit party as well, we help them enormously . well, we help them enormously. but i couldn't i couldn't stand

aside and be lied to . for the aside and be lied to. for the fifth manifesto in a row when, under rishi sunak's premiership , under rishi sunak's premiership, we've led in 2.5 million people in the last two years alone. think about it, 1 in 30 people in this country has come in since rishi sunak became prime minister, and i couldn't stand aside and see a labour leader. when i say leader . aside and see a labour leader. when i say leader. i don't believe the man has any leadership qualities whatsoever . leadership qualities whatsoever. none and i and i think to lead a country through difficult times in a war that is in, i wouldn't quite go as far as that, sir, but i get the point. i do get

the point . we need someone the point. we need someone leading our country in difficult times, when the world is perhaps in a more perilous place than it's been at any point in our lifetimes. you do need a degree of charisma . now . lifetimes. you do need a degree of charisma . now. keir lifetimes. you do need a degree of charisma . now . keir starmer of charisma. now. keir starmer has the charisma of a well, i did use this ten years ago in the european parliament, but i'm going to dig it out of the cupboard. he has the charisma of a damp rag and what does he stand for? what does he for ? stand for? what does he for? stand he can't even define what a woman is. he flips and flops and changes his mind. so he couldn't stand aside. i couldn't stand aside with a country that's in economic decline. and think about this . gdp per capita think about this. gdp per capita has fallen for the last six

consecutive courses. people are getting poorer and i couldn't stand aside. in a country that is in genuine societal decline , is in genuine societal decline, safety, people fearful of going out at night, people scared to even go out to their local pub , even go out to their local pub, knives being carried wholesale by young people in our country. so we are, i have no doubt, in societal decline and i couldn't stand aside in a country that is in cultural decline and i must say, i thought young isaiah spoke absolutely magnificently , spoke absolutely magnificently, magnificently . a country . a magnificently. a country. a country that has forgotten what it is. a country that's forgotten where we come from . a

forgotten where we come from. a country that doesn't seem to value our culture, our inheritance , and what we wish to inheritance, and what we wish to pass on to our children . so pass on to our children. so i felt i couldn't stand aside with all of these things going on and exactly four weeks ago, almost to the minute i made a decision and that decision was i was going to come out of retirement and come back to lead you . and and come back to lead you. and. >> and what an unbelievable four weeks it has been . weeks it has been. >> i'll tell you something . i've >> i'll tell you something. i've no doubt something is happening out there . something remarkable

out there. something remarkable is happening out there . and i'm is happening out there. and i'm seeing it across all ages . never seeing it across all ages. never before have i seen so many young people concerned about the future of their country. it's great. it's really . future of their country. it's great. it's really. great. and this awakening crosses all classes , all ages, all races . classes, all ages, all races. something remarkable is happening out there and we're going up in the polls or down. according to some, it all depends which methodology they use, but i know we're doing very well. do you know how? because when you threaten the establishment , they don't establishment, they don't exactly come out with a tray of gin and tonics now do they ? and gin and tonics now do they? and i think the establishment itself know that the conservatives deserve to lose this election ,

deserve to lose this election, but that labour don't deserve to win it . win it. >> and everywhere i go, i sense that we are the story. >> we are what people are talking about at the breakfast table, at work, at the pub, at the bingo hall, wherever , the bingo hall, wherever, wherever people go. we are the story already many millions, many, many millions already have said that they absolutely are going to vote for us. but but. there are many millions more who have simply not made up their minds . and they could come to us minds. and they could come to us over the course of the next four days and the establishment don't

want us. you see, they're very happy for keir to take over from rishi, because it's not actually a change of government. it's a change of middle management. >> and the idea , the idea , the >> and the idea, the idea, the idea that labour represent change is for the birds. >> it's going to be more of the same, just perhaps a little bit less competent than the conservatives. if you can even believe that is possible . now, believe that is possible. now, look, i'm used to the rough and tumble of political debate and all's fair in love and war. but ihave all's fair in love and war. but i have to tell you 1 or 2 of the things that have happened over the course of the last few weeks go way , way beyond what is go way, way beyond what is reasonable and what is fair. the

first day of the campaign, i did an event down in dover where i talked about one of my pet subjects, the boats crossing the engush subjects, the boats crossing the english channel, and it was interesting because the bbc news channel took the speech live until they cut it off, with the presenter saying , well, we've presenter saying, well, we've cut away from that because here's nigel farage using his customary inflammatory language . customary inflammatory language. and i demanded an apology and i got one which was remarkable . in got one which was remarkable. in fact. got one which was remarkable. in fact . over the last year, i've fact. over the last year, i've had quite a few apologies, including from national westminster bank, which was rather good to. you see, i'm not afraid of standing up and fighting for what i believe in.

whatever names they call me. but ever since that moment, whatever names they call me. but ever since that moment , the bbc ever since that moment, the bbc have been a political actor in this general election campaign . this general election campaign. indeed. this general election campaign. indeed . it was the bbc that indeed. it was the bbc that started off the russia hoax . now started off the russia hoax. now it's always the russia hoax . we it's always the russia hoax. we won the referendum so they concluded it must be russia . it concluded it must be russia. it must be the russians that funded the leave campaign. and this went on for year after year. and with us in the room today is arron banks, one of the men who put the most money into that brexit campaign , and arron arron brexit campaign, and arron arron had to fight the russia hoax for years in the courts until he finally won against a guardian journalist. russia had nothing to do with our success in that

referendum , so the bbc that referendum, so the bbc that started off the russia hoax and i understand why the bbc don't like me. i understand why the labour party don't like me. i understand why the conservative party don't like me because unlike them , i could see that unlike them, i could see that the war in iraq 20 years ago was a mistake because there was never any endgame . and unlike never any endgame. and unlike them, the war that david cameron launched in 2012 against libya , launched in 2012 against libya, i railed against again and again and again. but of course, it was supported by the conservative party, supported by the labour party. and what happened? a new organisation was created, isis .

organisation was created, isis. we created isis before the libyan war, there were no boats , libyan war, there were no boats, no boats crossing the mediterranean , but because of mediterranean, but because of david cameron, a couple of million have now crossed the mediterranean and many of course, now want to come to us and unlike them who seem to have no feeling or understanding for history , i predicted ten years history, i predicted ten years ago in the european parliament that because of our actions, there would be a war in ukraine. i said it openly. i said it clearly and i was the only i was the only british political figure to get , sadly, to get figure to get, sadly, to get that right . and now we have this that right. and now we have this horrific conflict with perhaps up to a million battle casualties. but that gets twisted by the bbc because i

predicted it in the support for president putin. can i just be absolutely clear? i think what putin has turned russia into was a post—communist country with the wall coming down with the hope of a democratic future, and he's turned it into a brutal dictatorship in which his enemies go to prison and die , in enemies go to prison and die, in which journalists disappear. and i think what putin has done in ukraine is absolutely morally reprehensible in every single way . have you got that ? but the way. have you got that? but the final straw for me with the bbc took place last friday here in birmingham . a question time birmingham. a question time special , i

birmingham. a question time special, i think. i think it might be the 40th question time that i've done over the years . that i've done over the years. no, look, i expect an audience not all to agree with me , but not all to agree with me, but i don't expect the first questioner to be somebody who has produced eight separate bbc programmes over the course of the last year, including doctor who, which i used to love, and they've completely ruined . and they've completely ruined. and then and then and then the third questioner, a pro—palestinian known activist. does anyone think that group of people were representative of the great british public in any way at all? well, i've had enough . i've all? well, i've had enough. i've had enough. have you had enough of the bbc? yes. well, we will renew with added vigour our campaign over the course of the

next few years as we're going to be the leading voice of opposition. and i say that , i opposition. and i say that, i say that because the conservative party will be in opposition, but they won't be the opposition because they disagree with each other on virtually everything. think about it. the last four years, all we've had are internal tory wars. they stand for nothing . i wars. they stand for nothing. i was told they're a broad church . was told they're a broad church. well, they're a broad church without any religion . it simply without any religion. it simply doesn't work . so we will again doesn't work. so we will again renew our campaign with added vigour to say that the state broadcaster has abused its position of power , and we will position of power, and we will and we will campaign.

position of power, and we will and we will campaign . we will and we will campaign. we will campaign as the leading opposition voice in this, not just in parliament but in the country too. we will campaign for the abolition of the bbc licence fee . licence fee. >> that's popular. wow. that's popular . do >> that's popular. wow. that's popular. do you like >> that's popular. wow. that's popular . do you like that? don't popular. do you like that? don't you ? you like that, don't you ? you? you like that, don't you? and then ? and then? >> and then we have channel 4. a so—called public service broadcaster. so—called public service broadcaster . well, let so—called public service broadcaster. well, let me tell you what happened in clacton saturday week back was the biggest put up job and smear

campaign. i have seen in my entire life that man, that man is a professional actor who has worked for channel 4 in the past. funny that isn't it? he's very, very poshly spoken, but he does what he calls rough talking and makes pretty abusive tiktok videos, etc. from the minute he turned up in that clacton office, he was using the most extraordinary cockney accent i've ever heard . he he called i've ever heard. he he called blimey guv. quite right, quite right . cockles and mussels right. cockles and mussels alive, alive—o and all of it. but yeah, he could have been

from the fish market, but he wasn't. and interestingly, he did spend some time talking to two people in the office who both it turned out, were undercover channel 4 reporters. he seemed to know them. so for the moment he walked in. the whole thing was an act, and he tried to get reform canvassers to say rude and abusive things, and when they wouldn't do it, he did it himself. and when i saw the video initially, i was horrified until i realised he'd gone completely over the top with the idea that every mosque should be turned into a wetherspoons . and i. the next wetherspoons. and i. the next morning, when confronted, he of course denied that he was a journalist. then he accepted it . journalist. then he accepted it. but that, of course, has been used as the biggest smear against us. the racist, used as the biggest smear against us. the racist , the against us. the racist, the racist campaigner for our party now look, reform is a new

organisation. it's a start up and there were requests put out for candidates to stand and have we had a few bad apples? we have, although to my knowledge nobody involved in an organised betting ring is standing for us, which is something . the channel which is something. the channel 4 story was a put up job. it really is, frankly gross that that insult should be directed at all of you and all of our millions of voters. it is simply untrue. but i have to say, the bad apples are gone . we'll never bad apples are gone. we'll never have them back. and channel 4, listen to this yougov polling published this morning. reform uk is now polling higher, with

british ethnic minorities than the liberal democrats . the liberal democrats. so channel 4 put that in your bloody pipe and smoke it. but the attempt to stop us goes on. would you believe today, since we went live at 12:00 in the middle of anne widdecombe's speech ? our live stream on speech? our live stream on tiktok was suspended . for the

tiktok was suspended. for the use of hate speech. now, i don't know about you. i've always found our winner rather charming , principled , decent. i mean, , principled, decent. i mean, she's a battler. she's a warrior. she's actually actually a fantastic role model for women in this country to go out and do things . things. so it's been tough . the last few so it's been tough. the last few days have been tough. i've wondered , am i really doing this wondered, am i really doing this all again? well, i am , i am, and all again? well, i am, i am, and i'm not downhearted . i'm not downhearted. >> are you downhearted ? >> are you downhearted? >> are you downhearted? >> and we're doing much better out there than anybody in the media, in politics, even dares

to imagine in their worst nightmares. we are doing well . nightmares. we are doing well. >> we're doing well . >> we're doing well. >> we're doing well. >> and we are not. we are not a protest vote. even though there is much to protest against. people are supporting us because we have a vision. people are supporting us because we can see the way forward. people are supporting us because we for stand up values. people are supporting us because we believe in the family and we put in our contract with the people. i think a brilliant idea that you front end load , you front end front end load, you front end load, child benefit so that if a mother with young kids wants to stay at home until they're of school age, we'll make it easier for them to do so . we must

for them to do so. we must. we're the first party in years to talk in a positive way about marriage. now you know, not all of us. not all of us have the best record in this particular area . but there's no doubt that area. but there's no doubt that children brought up in a loving, married relationship have better life chances than anybody else. they just do . so we're pushing. they just do. so we're pushing. we're pushing the idea of transferable tax allowances. and what is it that's really hurt the family? well, part of it, i think, is the psychological damage that was done to us through repeated lockdowns . and

through repeated lockdowns. and there is no conversation about lockdowns, no conversation about mask mandates, no conversation about the fact they even wanted to vaccinate our young kids. no conversation, no debate . because conversation, no debate. because labour and the conservatives both agreed the cost of living also is impacted. every family in this country. runaway inflation, which happened chiefly because we've been living way beyond our means and because the bank of england is led by the utterly useless andrew bailey, utterly useless . andrew bailey, utterly useless. so interest rates , interest so interest rates, interest rates, which had to go up, have impacted, particularly those with mortgages or those renewing. but think about this again, not discussed, not

debated in the election campaign by labour or conservative. when the conservatives came to power , the conservatives came to power, our accumulated national debt was . roughly our accumulated national debt was. roughly £1 our accumulated national debt was . roughly £1 trillion. it our accumulated national debt was. roughly £1 trillion. it is now £2.7 trillion, and the interest repayments are £90 billion a year, the same as the education budget, which is ironic, isn't it, because they're the ones who actually, when they get older, are going to face paying all of this off. we're being frank with people. we've been badly , badly let we've been badly, badly let down. but one of the biggest costs for families is energy . costs for families is energy. whether it's filling up your car because you live in a rural area and can't survive without it, but it's the electricity bill, isn't it? it's the gas bill. it's all of these things. and what have we done? we pursued aggressive net zero policies which have de—industrialized

britain sent our manufacturing off to india and china and elsewhere whilst loading the costs of subsidy onto the electricity bills of ordinary families. i am for i electricity bills of ordinary families. i am fori am electricity bills of ordinary families. i am for i am for renewable energy. if it works, but it gives us intermittent expensive energy . so we would expensive energy. so we would scrap the excessive impossible to achieve net zero agenda of both parties . and. both parties. and. >> and for those worried about carbon dioxide, for those worried about that, well, we'll go for small modular nuclear reactors as a source of continuous energy without any carbon output , without any carbon output, without any carbon output, without any carbon output, without any carbon output . carbon output. >> so we're thinking a lot about families and the cost of living.

we also believe that community matters, and that is why the mass immigration policies begun by tony blair and now accelerated by the conservatives, have led us in many of our towns and cities now to have completely divided communities where one group of people don't even talk to the other group of people . this is other group of people. this is just plain wrong, plain wrong . just plain wrong, plain wrong. and it's into that . and it's into that. >> that's nigel farage. there are speaking at the reform rally in birmingham live this afternoon, and we are going to go to a quick break and we'll see you

>> oh, right. okay. a welcome back to gb news sunday with me.

dawn neesom on your telly, onune dawn neesom on your telly, online and on digital radio. now, we have just been listening to nigel farage talking live at the reform rally in birmingham today, i am lucky to have two brilliant commentators to talk about. brilliant commentators to talk about . what we have just heard. about. what we have just heard. nichi hodgson and emma woolf have joined me in the studio to digest what nigel has just said and the response he got. indeed. and they, you know, the takeaways from it. he was ticking all the boxes that you expected. he was actually talking about gdp being down, crime up the cultural decline of the country. britain basically needs to run britain, not the eu. we've heard all this before, haven't we? getting, huge rounds of applause and also, unlike he got on bbc question time last friday where he got no applause whatsoever , bbc was mentioned, whatsoever, bbc was mentioned, and he was saying that, you know, the first question in that came from someone that was basically working for the bbc also went on to mention channel 4, over the recent story about , 4, over the recent story about, someone who was canvassing for

them having racist views, saying that that basically was a set up and a smear, which got a huge round of applause, basically a consummate professional coming across with with personality , across with with personality, with drive and with optimism, which you could say we haven't heard from some of our mainstream parties. i'm going to come to you first on this, emma. i mean , he has the crowd. i mean, he has the crowd. obviously. it's they are there for a reform rally . so he's for a reform rally. so he's preaching to the converted to a certain extent. but what did you make of his performance and what he had to say? i think , nigel, he had to say? i think, nigel, i think nigel farage is an electric performer. >> i really do , and i think that >> i really do, and i think that we were watching that and we were actually listening and finding it really interesting. and i bet you there are. well, i know there will be thousands, millions of people across the country who actually tuned in on a sunday afternoon watching it. and i have sat here and i've sat on many programmes, many a time watching a sunak or a starmer press conference when one is almost asleep and, you know , almost asleep and, you know, really no one watches that stuff and they have to shepherd a few hundred people, maybe into the

room and sort of, you know, group them to make it look, that is a rally. he has filled a stadium. i think 5000 was mentioned. he's filled a stadium in birmingham. everywhere that nigel farage goes, clacton , nigel farage goes, clacton, birmingham, wherever it is, doven birmingham, wherever it is, dover, wherever he goes , he dover, wherever he goes, he feels people, thousands of people, turn out to see him. and i think that you probably both don't agree with me on, on, on the substance of what he says. but i think that what he says resonates with people. he's nigel farage is talking about things that he believes in, and that's why he doesn't need autocue. that's why he doesn't need his speeches prepared by someone who's kind of vetted them. it's because he's actually talking the truth about what he believes and the other. and then i'll shut up. the last thing is the optimism he did. he talked about optimism and he talked about optimism and he talked about the future of our great country and i was just sort of doing reading through the papers yesterday. and starmer and sunak both sound so depressed about the future. who's going to wreck britain in the first 100 days? who's going to wreck britain the most? who's going to tax you the most? who's going to tax you the most? whereas actually nigel farage is tapping into that

optimism. he's he sounds excited about, you know, the future of the country and that we have some potential and we're in such a bad way in this country. there's a sort of terminal national depression. >> nikki. i mean , as nigel said >> nikki. i mean, as nigel said himself, you know, the establishment don't want reform to do. well, they're happy for starmer to take over from rishi because basically they are the same. there is no change that's going to happen. it is like a different middle management taking over. what did you make of what nigel had to say? >> well, i think some people don't want reform to take over because they're very worried about the repercussions of that party being in power because they worry about how it's going to affect our culture. i mean, he talked about cultural decline, and it's never defined. what does that actually mean? you know, in the past, richard tice has gone on about britishness, the need to protect it, but has left it undefined and these, you know, for me, for and these, you know, for me, for a person of left wing persuasion, these are the kinds of words that make me very suspicious and mistrustful as to how they're going to be used in the future to potentially

ostracise certain kinds of people that live in this country, and that is always my number one problem with the way nigel farage talks about culture, and also immigration, you know, and making that point there very, very cleverly making that point, which i don't know if it's fact checked it. so i don't know. we don't know if it's true. but that point that apparently ethnic, more ethnic minorities want to vote for, reform than the liberal democrats. this was yeah, this was a yougov poll where the results, said that , polling with results, said that, polling with ethnic minority voters was now higher support for reform than for the lib dems. >> yeah. so they have ethnic minority candidates. >> they've never richard tice. and nigel farage. i know, i know the point. you're making. i don't think they have a problem with ethnic minorities. they're not talking about whiteness. they're talking about immigration. those are separate things . they're talking about things. they're talking about the influx of illegal immigration and the overwhelming numbers that sort of the fact that we've had over a million in net migration over the past few years . they're talking about

years. they're talking about that as quite a distinct issue from make britain, you know, this, kind of this, this , this this, kind of this, this, this slight suggestion that they're that they're xenophobic or racist. i just don't i don't see that played out because there are lots of reform candidates who are ethnic minorities and who are ethnic minorities and who are ethnic minorities and who are welcomed as brits, and they're welcome and they're doing a great job for reform and reform love them. i don't think i don't see the kind of racism or the xenophobia . or the xenophobia. >> i mean, for me it's more that we wouldn't we won't know now. i mean, the only way we'd know is if we see, you know, what happens if they were to get in. it's one of those things that it's like it's the slippery, the slow creep of language which pushes attitudes bit by bit, which is what happened in the 19305 which is what happened in the 1930s in europe. it's that kind of thing that worries me . of thing that worries me. >> okay, unfortunately, we have to take a very quick break now, but don't go anywhere. we're going to carry on this this debate about what nigel farage has been at his rally birmingham. very quick break,

hi. welcome back. i'm dawn neesom gb news sunday, and we are talking about nigel farage's rally. reform rally in birmingham. i am joined by nichi hodgson and emma woolf talking about some of the key points that nigel has said. now he was nailing everything that people expect nigel farage to say to a certain extent. one thing i wanted to come to though, was it's an area that hasn't been touched on by anybody else in this general election campaign. is nigel mentioned lockdown and vaccines now that, as we know, is a huge controversy, and people are still debating that no one else has mentioned that. and as we know, both the conservatives and the labour party were singing from the same hymn sheet on that one. so nigel's point is here, even though labour are saying we are going to give you change, that you're not going to get changed by voting for labour. what did you think about the fact that he actually brought the lockdowns

and the vaccines up? nikki i think that's fascinating because actually none of us talk. >> well, we talk about in the in the industry, but lots of people don't talk about it. it's kind of the don't talk about the war mentality that people have about it, because i think people feel so emotionally damaged by what happened. and it's almost too difficult to process. so actually, it's a very smart move on his part to bring that back and say, look, we need to actually look about what on earth was going on. and also to give people the confidence that it can't happen again because because, no, the, you know, labour and the tories have given us no indication that they wouldn't do it again if they thought there was going to be another kind of diabolical virus that would you know, be spread. so i think that was actually a very smart move on his part to do that. >> they have they have skirted around that issue, haven't they? they have like and both labour and conservatives, politicians of various stripes were calling for harder, you know, more more punitive lockdowns. >> and i think the lockdown issue feeds into so much, not just the mental health of this country and why we're in such a

state, but also the fact that the economy is in the doldrums, the economy is in the doldrums, the fact that we have that we have so many people out of work because of being basically put on furlough, so many young, you know, if you have a young child, the fact that your child, your baby, like mine, like nicky's are in fact were born basically in lockdown, how that is going to affect our children, the fact that older children were out of school for several years. when you were a child, you don't get those years back. the fact that we have teenagers now who are basically socially kind of unable to interact with others or who are terminally depressed or who are terminally depressed or anxious, the fact that we don't know what the future is , don't know what the future is, exactly as nicky says, what happens if there is another one? we have this ongoing million billion pound inquiry that's rolling on. i assume it's still rolling on. i assume it's still rolling on. i assume it's still rolling on somewhere in the country . i've lost. i've lost country. i've lost. i've lost interested as well. but that hasn't. that's not going to report soon, and that's possibly not going to answer any of the questions that we want answered. and i think it's a massive, massive issue. >> the other thing i thought was an interesting point that no one else is coming up with these .

else is coming up with these. nigel was talking about traditional values. he's talking about the things that the old school conservative party used to talk about, like family. you rolled your eyes at this one. but marriage being good children, you both rolled your eyes slightly about that one. but he's talking about the traditional tory values that a lot of traditional conservative voters out there at the moment feel that this version of the tory party have lost their way with nicky. >> yeah, but i mean, he's such a hypocrite talking about that because we know that. well, i'll because we know that. well, i'll be careful what i say now, nigel doesn't have the best reputation for being married. >> to be fair , he did point that >> to be fair, he did point that out that he is the best example of a happy marriage. >> right. exactly. and, you know , therefore kind of don't really feel he's got a leg to stand on to bring it up as an issue, as, like celebrating how important it is for children. i find it really patronising, i am married, i say that as someone who is married and i find it extremely offensive, but i come from a family of divorce, right? so this, you know, i really dislike it when politicians start to invoke these ideas about the necessity of marriage for like the bringing up of the

best kinds of children . no, best kinds of children. no, children need parents that love them, and they don't have to be married. and families come in loads of different shapes and sizes and that we're past this stuff, aren't we? and the reason people aren't getting married is because it's too expensive for a lot of them, you know? >> but the traditional values. do you think he's got a point there by actually going down that road? >> i'm split because i get personally and this is not relevant, but i get personally really upset when people go on and on about how terrible it is. i'm bringing up my baby boy on my own. you know, he doesn't have a father. and, you know, and so it's hurtful when you hear this endless stuff about children's educational outcomes are so much better if there's a father around. really? would you like a hopeless marriage in which that's better for children? or would you like a good, loving mother or father? you know, so, so and also i don't think we should judge nigel on the fact that he's been divorced in the past or whatever. i can't even remember if he's been married and divorced or divorced and married or whatever. i don't think that we should judge them too much on, you know, he's a billionaire. therefore he can't

understand about cost of living or whatever, all of that stuff. but but there is something to be said for, for, for, for talking about those what are the values of our society ? what do we want of our society? what do we want to promote and also of our culture? what is britain? what are we welcoming people to? not not that we don't let anyone else in. what are we welcoming people to? what do we care about in this country? are we proud of our country? everyone's proud of the country. when the football team are playing, like, are we able to talk about that? so i think he raises some interesting points, although personally it sets my hackles. >> yeah but up. but what you're saying about that , you know, saying about that, you know, again, just to go back to that britishness and the values things he doesn't say what they are. it's always so amorphous and i'm always interested to say, well, what what are those values? do tell us, because i've got no idea. and i wonder why thatis got no idea. and i wonder why that is never spelt out. and i'm suspicious of that. >> okay, i'm fortunately we have run out of time for now, but we will come back to this conversation. >> nigel farage reform rally in birmingham. but firstly, should we find out what the weather's like, here's, i think, honour with the weather right now . with the weather right now. >> a brighter outlook with boxt

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heavier outbreaks just feeding into the west too , but across into the west too, but across the east largely dry, fairly cloudy , though quite a damp cloudy, though quite a damp start once again across northern ireland, north west and england once again in the far east. a few bright sunny spells to start the week. a damp start once again across northern ireland. a few showers across devon and cornwall, but across central and southeastern england largely dry, even starting to see some bright sunshine to start the week. on the whole, though, monday is going to be quite an unsettled day. we'll see those outbreaks of rain continue to push their way eastwards a little bit heavy at times, mainly across the hills, but once that rain clears through some bright sunshine, we'll begin to develop and staying driest for longest across the south and southeast. and that's where we're going to see the best of the temperatures. highs of around 21 celsius. so a notch down compared to the weekend into the evening. then we'll gradually say goodbye to that rain as it clears into the north sea. a few spots of rain and drizzle for parts of northern england and parts of wales. but on the whole it is going to be a

largely dry night next week, fairly changeable, with some rain and showers. but we do catch the sunshine. it should still be feeling pleasant and warm . warm. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . weather on. gb. news >> hello and welcome to gb news sunday. thank you for joining >> hello and welcome to gb news sunday. thank you forjoining us sunday. thank you for joining us this lunchtime. hope you have a wonderful weekend. i'm dawn neesom for the next hour, but keeping you company on on tv, onune keeping you company on on tv, online and digital radio coming up this hour. nigel farage has said he is boycotting the bbc until he receives an apology from the broadcaster over accusations of bias in a special episode of question time. do you think it's right to do that? then joe biden has assured democratic donors that he can still win the presidential election against donald trump after a very poor debate, performance fuelled concern about his candidacy. but after

that shocking display , should he that shocking display, should he just maybe step aside? and do you think you can pass the british citizen exam? well a new study has revealed that over half of brits would fail if they had to sit it. stay tuned to find out some of the questions you need to know to become british, and how well our panel do. more importantly, know . but do. more importantly, know. but this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today and in particular, what you've heard nigel farage say in the first part of the programme. very simple. visit gb news.com forward slash your say and join the conversation. or even simpler message me on our socials @gbnews. but first let's get the news headlines with ray addison . addison. >> thanks, dawn. good afternoon.

it's 2:01. our top stories the leader of reform uk has told a gathering of supporters in birmingham that he'd axe the tv licence fee , which funds the licence fee, which funds the bbc. it comes after he was questioned during an appearance on the bbc's question time programme about comments made by his party's candidates and supporters, describing britain as a nation in decline. nigel farage said people were getting poorer and were now too scared to go out at night or visit their local pub. he told the rally support for reform is growing something remarkable is happening out there and i'm seeing it across all ages. >> never before have i seen so many young people concerned about the future of their country. it's great. and i think the establishment itself know that the conservatives deserve to lose this election, but that labour don't deserve to win it .

labour don't deserve to win it. >> the prime minister insists an election victory for the conservatives is still possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat. in an interview for the sunday telegraph, rishi sunak warned that labour's tax plans would bankrupt people in every generation. however, labour says its first steps would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists. the party continues to lead the tories in the polls by around 20 points ahead of thursday's election. pat mcfadden, labour's national campaign coordinator, told us labour has been clear on tax. >> there is nothing in our plans that requires. >> why can't you rule it out now ? >> ?- >> tax? >> tax? >> okay, how about this? will you increase council tax or re band council tax. >> well there's already under the tory plans. an assumption that council tax will go up under their plans. >> okay. so will it go up under a labour government. >> nothing in our plans that requires council tax to go up. >> will you tax people's homes? >> will you tax people's homes? >> there is nothing in our plans

that requires us. >> can you rule out taxing people more to drive a car, or to put petrol and diesel into a car? can you rule that out? >> there is nothing in our plans that requires us to do that. now you could go nothing in our plans and ruling things out are two different things. >> spanish police have called off the search for missing teenager jay slater in tenerife. the 19 year old, from lancashire, vanished whilst walking to his accommodation on june 17th. a civil guard spokesman said that while the search has now finished, the case remains open. it comes just two days after the force appealed for expert volunteers to help explore rugged terrain . to help explore rugged terrain. the lib dems are pledging to give patients the legal right to see a gp within a week if they win the general election. leader sir ed davey, also says that patients would be guaranteed cancer treatment within two months of a diagnosis. it's part of a new patient's charter, which would enshrine new rights into the nhs constitution. it would also aim to bolster access

for urgent appointments, ensuring anyone in need sees a gp within 24 hours. a woman has been charged with misconduct in pubuc been charged with misconduct in public office after a video allegedly showing a prison officer having sex with an inmate, 30 year old linda de souza abro, of fulham, was arrested by the met police on the 28th of june. this after a video filmed inside hmp wandsworth was posted on social media. she is set to appear in custody at uxbridge magistrates court tomorrow. police in greater manchester have shot and killed an xl bully dog after it attacked a woman. now a warning some viewers may find the following footage distressing footage shared on social media shows officers firing at the dog multiple times as it ran through a residential street in eccles. officers were called to reports of a dangerous and out of control dog on friday night, after members of the public had failed to contain the animal. the victim is still receiving treatment and two men were arrested after confronting

officers well, in the united states, the white house is pushing back against reports that president biden plans to discuss the future of his campaign with his family at camp david today, after a report by nbc news that quoted several unnamed sources alleging that some senior party members are pushing for the president to stand aside. that, of course, following his performance in a televised debate against donald trump . but officials say the trump. but officials say the trip was planned before that debate and denied that there was any serious discussion about the president's standing down. the king is opening balmoral to the pubuc king is opening balmoral to the public for the very first time. from monday, charles will open the doors of his scottish retreat, allowing a glimpse of royal family life in the highlands. visitors will be able to take a guided tour of the aberdeenshire castle, where successive monarchs since queen victoria have gone to relax. rooms available for viewing will include the entrance hall, family dining rooms and, of

course, the library. all right, those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, ray. now we are still talking about nigel farage. the reform uk leader has told a gathering of supporters in birmingham that it had hit axe, the tv licence fee which funds the bbc. it comes after he was questioned during an appearance on the bbc's question time programme about comments made by his party's candidates and supporters, describing britain as a nation in decline. nigel farage said people were getting poorer and were now too scared to go out at night or visit their local pub. i am

still joined by my panel nichi hodgson and emma woolf to digest what nigel has said. a brilliant speech i think very optimistic, upbeat. speech i think very optimistic, upbeat . and nigel, whatever you upbeat. and nigel, whatever you think of his politics and many, many people support him , it was many people support him, it was a speech that actually was rallying. you listened to it. unlike watching starmer and sunak. or you merge their names together very nicely . earlier on together very nicely. earlier on i thought, unlike watching them, which is a bit like watching paint dry, to be honest. i know he's preaching to the converted at the rally, but it was a very positive and looking forward speech. >> yeah , exactly. and i think >> yeah, exactly. and i think the country desperately needs some optimism. i know we're in summer, but it's been an up and down summer. and i think for a couple of years now, probably since lockdown, we've been in this kind of terminal decline, not only kind of economic decline , but actually with the decline, but actually with the nation's mental health, with young people, with a lot of unemployment, with a sense of crime on our streets, all of the kind of bad stuff that's

happening. i don't think people feel that there is much optimism around. i think we've been really a lot of us have been really, really depressed about the state of the country and about the future for a while. and good on nigel for farage saying, you know, it is a great country still and even that is sort of somehow painted as slightly kind of, racist. you know, it's a great country. therefore you're saying other people out, but anyway, he's saying what a great country, and he's talking about optimism, and that's a good thing. and that's what people are responding to. >> but but the problem with that, obviously, as a party is if you focus well, if you kind of have this rally, inquire about how great things are going to be, and then you have this massive economic issue to sort out, you know, cost of living crisis and just the fact that our economy is it feels like it's in freefall. if you are then elected , and then people then elected, and then people have to carry on living in this unpleasant reality, they feel cheated by the initial rhetoric of, you know, everything's going to be fantastic. that's the danger of playing that card. you know, as a political party.

>> playing devil's advocate here, though, nicki, i mean , our here, though, nicki, i mean, our two main parties, i mean, we're being honest here. either it is either going to be rishi sunak or keir starmer, who's going either going to be rishi sunak be our prime minister next week, they have made lots of promises, but several independent studies have said they have no way of funding their promises. so we're going to be in that boat with whatever prime minister we end up on friday morning. >> yeah, that's also true. i mean, i guess the issue is that, you know, from an economic point of view, when you when you already know, if you set the bafic already know, if you set the basic if you set the standard of saying things are tough and it's going to take us a while to get out of this, which is actually what keir starmer has kept saying throughout the campaign , saying throughout the campaign, you know, with promises of how he'll do x, y and z, then at least you have prepared your electorate for a period of struggle and it keeps them. the idea behind that is that it'll keep them on your side as things get tough, rather than wanting to turf you out. as you know, at the first opportunity they get . the first opportunity they get. >> do you do you think that is a fair criticism? emma the fact that i mean, sort of like, you know, we it's a, you know , nigel

know, we it's a, you know, nigel is a great performer. there's a rhetoric that is inspiring his audience there and inspiring many of our viewers and listeners today , but some of the listeners today, but some of the detail about their policies, exactly like labour and the conservatives are a bit sketchy on how they're going to achieve things. >> well, actually, i wouldn't i wouldn't agree, i think surprisingly, because often with these start ups and with smaller kind of more ideological parties like the lib dems, you kind of believe in their policies, but you think, well, hang on a minute, could they actually govern the country? but surprisingly, if you read the manifesto, the reform manifesto, i think a lot of people felt that their their policies were actually quite okay. the costings were not all over the place. they were okay. obviously it's different when you get in and also we have to remember the civil service who run the country. so it's not as though you get a bunch of brigands who just walk into number 10. you know, i mean there is still stability, how well the civil service are going to work with someone like nigel farage. well, that's that's another interesting one. but but but the economic policy reform have been costed and things like not sending billions abroad, things like cutting back on foreign aid and all of that which you can disagree with. they have shown

actually they have shown their workings a bit more even than i would say labour, who seem to be thinking that the non—dom thing is their money tree and they're going to get all the money from the non—dom, cutting non—dom status and private school cutting the vat exemption. >> but then there's this net zero immigration policy and that zero immigration policy and that zero as well, cutting all of that nonsense. yeah, sorry. there's a net zero. but then there's the sorry. yeah. no. yeah. the they don't want any immigration whatsoever. that's a pledge . and how on earth are we pledge. and how on earth are we going to fill all these thousands of roles in the nhs in the meantime, if we don't bring in workers , you know, we don't in workers, you know, we don't have the people for those jobs to keep people alive. >> we don't have the people at the moment. no. at the minute, thousands of vacancies. >> we have thousands of vacancies. so if you if you really are going to stick by that policy of no immigration, one, how on earth is that going to work? that doesn't make any sense. >> we i mean, nigel pointed out that we have 2.5 million people letting in the past two years, migration wise. so, net migration, that's legal and illegal, but we still have these

problems fill in these gaps. >> and that is a huge pressure as well on housing, on education, on all of our kind of care services. i agree that we have, you know, how are we going to fill those vacancies? but what they've said is no migration until we get control of this situation. so no more arrivals, no more asylum processing, endless all of that until we get control of the situation. and then we have a points based system whereby we let in the people that we that we do want to, but in the meantime, people will die in care homes and they will die in the, you know, under nhs care because there are not the staff. >> if we refuse to bring in those staff, people will die as a result. well, i don't think people arriving on small boats are going to work in care homes immediately. most of those people , mostly they're people, mostly they're disappearing into the blue and then popping up later and claiming all sorts of benefits, and which is one of nigel's main points he made during the speech today, but i think we are going today, but i think we are going to come back to this because there are so many points that nigel has raised. but it's all about you and your say so for the best analysis and opinion on

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meanwhile, responding to mr farage's claim, a spokesman for channel 4 has said we strongly stand by our rigorous and duly impartial journalism, which speaks for itself. we met mr parker. this is the chap who was acting as a canvasser for the first time at reform uk's headquarters, where he was a former party canvasser. we did not pay the reform uk canvass or anyone else in this report. mr parker was not known to channel 4 news and was filmed covertly via the undercover operation. well, okay, lots to talk about there, isn't there? i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news, london. there's lots more coming up on today's show. a bit of american for politics you, joe biden has assured democrat donors that he can still win the presidential election against donald trump after a frankly very poor debate. fuelled concern about his candidacy. but after that shocking display, should he just step aside all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel the lang cat depher cracking show coming up.

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president attended a series of fundraising events in new york and new jersey on saturday, and defender's performance in cnn's presidential debate. speaking at one event, mr biden admitted i didn't have a great night, but neither did trump on thursday. that was when the debate was, let's see what my lovely panel make of this. i still have nichi hodgson and emma woolf with me, nikki, i'm going to come to you first on this one. the debate was on overnight. our time thursday night into friday morning. biden, i don't think, covered himself in glory. it was. i found it incredibly sad to watch someone who obviously does have problems, but he's refusing to stand down. do you think that's the right thing? >> oh, gosh , it's so >> oh, gosh, it's so complicated. because actually, whether he's unwell and that's undisclosed, or he's just kind of past his peak, maybe, you know, he just he just doesn't have the speed and the kind of the mental dexterity anymore to perform well in that setting. he shouldn't really be the candidate . that's the issue for

candidate. that's the issue for me. it's that there's got to be somebody more preferable. but then who? who else would you put in? >> i keep seeing parallels between where the americans are with the choice of trump and biden and where we are in this country with the choice of starmer and sunak. >> is this the best two men that we've got, trump and biden? is this the best team i've got? you're right. there is a real problem. maybe newsome. no one is talking about kamala harris, the deputy. so they have a problem with that. also to point out, there is no mechanism at the moment for him just to stand down. i mean, i think and that aside, i think it's i mean, maybe at the convention in august, but then you don't leave that much time until november, but there is no mechanism for him just to withdraw because people that's kind of not how it works in american politics. but i think it's very clear to all of us, you can be an expert in, in, in what is it, senile dementia or not? but it's clear that joe biden at that point is not a well man. and it's not funny. it's not like it used to be a sort of funny that he was. he seemed a bit doddery, but now he genuinely doesn't seem to know at point what's going on.

he does strange things like squatting in doorways and, you know, just genuinely really confused and freezing up and, and you know, jill biden seems to be urging him on and pushing him on almost kind of irresponsibly to, to my way of thinking. and she says things like, well, he answered all the questions as though she's deaung questions as though she's dealing with a child. when you see some of the footage, it reminds me of me kind of trying to manage a three year old that she's she's just trying to manage this situation. >> and is it incredibly cruel? if you think about it, it does feel cruel if you're married to somebody who is in decline and whatever that decline is, we don't know. it's your duty to protect them and make sure that they are rested and well. and if they are rested and well. and if they aren't able to do that job, it's also your duty. i think , if it's also your duty. i think, if you're with someone to tell them hard truths. yeah. you know , if hard truths. yeah. you know, if you love someone, you sometimes have to have these hard conversations and it's and it's not just about being well or well enough to function . well enough to function. >> this is an incredible what is this the most punishing job in the world or one of them? you know, you are on call the whole

time you are running. you know you're the leader of the free world, the job of president, the job of a prime minister. you are constantly getting up . and we constantly getting up. and we know how punishing, getting up at 3 or 4 in the morning. but day after day after day after day, the demands on your time and your on your mental kind of abilities are incredibly taxing. >> job donald trump himself makes a point of mentioning joe biden's age, which is 81, but donald trump is 78 himself. there's only three years difference between him. how do you think donald trump came out of that debate? >> oh gosh, i mean, it doesn't really seem to matter too much how he performs in a debate. the polls still are boosted by people just seeing him, because that's how we've gotten to this really weird parallel universe where whatever the convicted felon does or does not do , felon does or does not do, people still this week, well, maybe he still want to vote for him rather than referring to him as a convicted felon. >> maybe he's maybe people are agreeing with what he says. maybe we respect the british, the american vote who voted him in last time rather than

sneering at them. maybe you respect the brexit vote rather than sneering at people. this is what you guys do, you say. oh well, people, you know, he just boosts his polls because people agree with what trump is saying. they're not idiots. >> i don't think i don't think it's that simple, emma. i think like, you know, he's he's a charlatan. he's a born charlatan. he's a born charlatan. he's a born charlatan. he spent years cultivating an image and a manner of rhetoric and a way of speaking to people that pushes buttons and. >> but you're intelligent enough to see that. but they're too thick to see that. is that why millions of americans voted for trump? >> i'm not saying that. it's not. it's not that they for vote him because they get invigorated by the cult, the charisma of him, rather than the policies and the policies. and also, he doesn't always stick to what he says he's going to do anyway. >> i know he's a showman, but i find it really disrespectful. we do it with brexit voters and we do it with brexit voters and we do it with trump voters. people are basically too thick. they're, you know, they're just being triggered. they're just kind of they're hearing this stuff. but they can't they can't analyse it. they can't make up their own minds. they can't. >> that's not what they vote for. that's not what i'm trying to say. i'm trying to say that

like he the charisma thing and, you know, like the, the idol thatis you know, like the, the idol that is trump that he has been cultivating for. so many years has got under the skin of certain people . and i understand certain people. and i understand the showmanship being just it's like exactly what we've been saying with, you know, about farage. that is very compelling to people. they want when they want something different, that's what they go for. but, you know, he is disingenuous. he is a convicted felon. he, you know, he is a liar. he has done so many terrible business deals. he you had to pay damages to somebody he raped. this is not a man of high standing that people should want in office. >> do you do you think, though, i mean, it's sort of like, you know, farage and trump, they get on incredibly well. i mean, it is very important that we keep the special relationship that these two countries have. i mean, if we have starmer and i suspect we will, all the polls are pointing in that direction as our prime minister, come friday. how is the special? and trump does is predicted to get the president one of the sunday papers dawn was referring to starmer's speech on the steps of

number 10 on friday morning. >> and it just i mean, you know, and this is the reality guys in in a few days, we may well, we probably will have a starmer prime minister on the steps of number 10. i mean, i think there'll be lots of recounts. it might be one of those things that goes on and on through thursday night into friday. and there's all this stuff about postal votes and blah, blah, blah. so it may be one of those things that's argued over for a bit, but it's quite exciting and sort of a bit weird to think of without without revealing one's own political views. it's very odd, isn't it, to think of a starmer prime minister on friday morning standing outside number 10. and we start it all over again. >> i mean, do you do you think i mean, you know, a personality as much as we try to deny it is involved in our politics, i mean , the criticisms that starmer and sunak is, they are both two very, very dull side and they are very they don't fire people up, do they really. >> you don't get excited in the way that you see these crowds responding , unlike what i mean responding, unlike what i mean about trump, trump and farage. >> i mean, people get excited andifs >> i mean, people get excited and it's a lack of it. >> what the problem is for people like starmer is that

they're so afraid of actually being inauthentic that they come across as that because they don't let themselves be themselves freely. they're so afraid of revealing too much, you know. and i think back to that, remember, that conference when, rishi sunak's wife spoke about him and she and they the whole idea of it was that she was trying to humanise him and the details that came out about him, like rom coms and stuff. and it was just so cringeworthy. >> very much. >> very much. >> it was excruciating. it totally bombed. it totally didn't work. so it's like some candidates can't play that card at all. >> what has been interesting, and they're trying to be authentic and that's not authentic. >> yeah, i think you put it beautifully. they're trying to beautifully. they're trying to be authentic or referring to the father being a toolmaker endlessly. yeah mentioned that. but i think that what farage and trump are quite good at and that's, you know, kind of what you're saying, they're good at being authentic because they kind of are being authentic. they are who they are. yeah, but lots of people don't like who they are. but lots of us don't

like don't much trust politicians at all. >> well, it is interesting how both countries are in this particular, problem at the moment. the thing is with with our starmer, if he is going to be prime minister, he's going to have the least popular rating. i think he's on a —20, which, i mean, it makes him the least popular prime minister that we've had for a long, long time. >> and he's probably probably, therefore not going to be prime minister for very long. he's going to be usurped. i mean, this is this is to what's come. and what we aren't able to talk about yet because we're focusing so much on the election. still, if he does get in, he will quite quickly face challenges from people within his party that want to be the leader instead. >> yeah. and i think with the with the big predicted majority, thatis with the big predicted majority, that is going to be a lot more infighting than than i think is for . prepared oh, i infighting than than i think is for. prepared oh, i think we're running out of time politics. fascinating. who knows, i'm dawn neesom gb news sunday and there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but first, here is the news headlines with ray addison.

>> thanks, dawn. it's 229. our top stories. the leader of reform uk has told a gathering of supporters in birmingham that he'd axed the tv licence fee, which funds the bbc. it comes after nigel farage was questioned during an appearance on the bbc's question time programme about comments made by his party's candidates and supporters. he told the rally that britain is getting poorer and that young people were increasingly concerned about the future of their country . the pm future of their country. the pm insists an election victory for the conservatives is still possible , despite polls possible, despite polls predicting a heavy defeat. in an interview for the sunday telegraph, rishi sunak warned that labour's tax plans would bankrupt people in every generation . but labour says its generation. but labour says its first steps would be restoring economic stability and cutting nhs waiting lists. spanish police have called off the search for missing teenager jay slater in tenerife. the 19 year old, from lancashire , vanished old, from lancashire, vanished whilst walking to his

accommodation on the 17th of june. it comes just two days after the force appealed for expert volunteers to help explore rugged terrain . well, in explore rugged terrain. well, in the united states, the white house is pushing back on reports that president biden planned to discuss the future of his campaign with his family at camp david today. it's after a report by nbc news that quoted several unnamed sources alleging that some senior party members are pushing for the president to stand aside. that follows his performance in a televised debate against donald trump. but officials say the trip was planned before that debate. the king is opening balmoral to the pubuc king is opening balmoral to the public for the first time in its history. from monday, charles will open the doors of his scottish retreat, allowing a glimpse of royal family life in the highlands rooms available for viewing will include the entrance hall , family dining entrance hall, family dining rooms and of course, why not check out the library? those are

the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm ray addison more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much farai. there's plenty more coming up on today's show . but before i tell today's show. but before i tell you what we've got lined up for you what we've got lined up for you nana akua show is on later at 3:00 and she joins us now nana love you to see you. sounds like you're a cracking line up. what exactly are you going to be doing? >> well, of course we're going to be dissecting a bit of nigel farage's speech at the reform uk rally. >> very interesting. he said. quite a few good, interesting things. some people may not agree with what he said , but he agree with what he said, but he was quite forthright. then we're going to ask whether any of those tv debates have swayed your vote and we ask this because if you saw the way what

happened with trump and also what happened with biden, the fact that a lot of people watched it and thought, oh no, i can't do that anymore. i can't for vote biden or i can't vote for vote biden or i can't vote for trump. we're wondering whether any of these debates on tv that you've seen for our election here in the uk have swayed your votes loads. i've got an incredible mystery guest, brilliant panellists and all of thatis brilliant panellists and all of that is coming up a real cracker. >> thank you very much, nana. nana will be with you at 3:00. and now remember, let me know all your thoughts on the stories we're discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation or message me on our socials. we're @gbnews. lots more coming up on today's show. do you think you can pass the british citizenship exam a new study has revealed that over half of brits would fail if they had to sit it. stay tuned to find out some of the questions you need to know to become british. all of that, and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. britain's news channel. don't go too far

welcome back to gb news sunday with me. dawn neesom on your telly. online and on digital radio. now, just. just to correct one thing that was said earlier on the reform policy with regard to migrants is one in, one out. it's not zero migration. so we just needed to correct that for you all. now, talking of that, could you pass the british citizen exam? well, a new study has revealed that over half of brits would fail if they had to sit it . me over half of brits would fail if they had to sit it. me being one of them. by the way, just 42% of those who took a sample version of a life in the uk quiz achieved the 75% pass rate that would be needed for to become citizenship. that despite many of the questions seeming far from taxing, such as i got this one, then when i did get actually, when is christmas day? and what sort of event is the

grand national now? these are actually multiple choice questions as well. oh that's okay. well they're not that easy. >> some of them i was worried those are easy. they're fine and multiple choice anyway. you've got the options there. you. >> well yeah kind of a bit too similar. >> it's like yeah i know but christmas day fine. >> grand national horses okay. that's okay. i thought you were going to start asking us the, the subsequent king after henry the subsequent king after henry the fourth. >> so someone did get that famously wrong the other day. and said it was henry the third or something or other, obviously i >> -- >> but they don't just go in numbers, they change houses of monarchy. >> don't they know the answer to that question? i know oldest miserably. any case. right. okay, i'm gonna start off with a really simple one. right, let's come to you first. nikki, when was the last battle between great britain and france? >> oh, god, i don't actually know that answer at all. >> you see, this is really embarrassing. okay something to do with boat. oh, no. bonaparte, the battle of waterloo. >> well done. oh, well done .

>> well done. oh, well done. yeah. or you could have been slightly tricksy and said, well, it's the last time they let a load of boats come over the channel. >> no, no, i want to be factually accurate . factually accurate. >> absolutely. okay. this one, this one's very relevant. how often are general elections usually held in the uk ? usually held in the uk? >> yeah. four years, five years. well done. >> if you don't know that after the last few weeks, come on. i mean, how can we not not be aware of that. okay. and this is another one. which two houses form the uk parliament? is it. wait for the multiple choice, the house of lords, the house of members. i'm saying nothing. the house of commons or the house of fraser . fraser. >> that's silly. that's just not making this up. that's just silly. very common. good. we have a harder. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> commons and lords. >> commons and lords. >> yeah. okay. it's tempting to say members though wasn't it. no no no it was in my world having met some of them. right. okay. what what sort can i say that i just think, what sort of event is the grand national? is it a rugby match? a golf tournament, a horse race or a tennis

tournament ? tournament? >> horse racing. but now what's worrying me is that only 42% of the country got these right. yeah that's surprising because the questions are really obvious , aren't they? >> some of them are. some of them are. okay. who was voted them are. okay. who was voted the greatest briton of all time in 2002? was it isaac newton? winston churchill, alexander fleming or mo farah? must be churchill. >> churchill? >> churchill? >> see, you're really good. >> see, you're really good. >> i mean, you used to can stay here, but then again coming over from another country, it might not these things might not be as obvious, you know. >> i mean imagine if you absorb this is this is like knowledge. >> some some of it is knowledge. in the battle of waterloo, question was quite hard. yeah, but you're clever. >> yeah, yeah. just just referring to the one i got. right. no, but i'm just saying that some of them seem very obvious. okay. and some of them seem very. >> let's try one that's slightly more difficult then. okay. what type of literature are the canterbury tales? are they poems , novels, jokes or fables, fables . fables? well, they're fables. fables? well, they're sort of poetic fables . sort of poetic fables. >> oh, well done actually , poems >> oh, well done actually, poems is the correct answer, but poetic fables is sort of hedging your bets a bit.

>> there it is, written in verse. yeah. so they're written in verse. i mean, look , we could in verse. i mean, look, we could give you a whole lecture on. yeah. well, okay. >> yeah, definitely chaucer. that's a sunday afternoon. okay. who's who . supportive. oh my who's who. supportive. oh my god. who supported king charles the first during the civil war. was it the roundheads, the suffragettes, the quakers or the cavaliers? >> oh, the cavaliers, the roundheads . roundheads. >> oh, another point for you . >> oh, another point for you. >> oh, another point for you. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> because charles comes from cavaliers. >> yeah. okay. and what's this one. one. >> one. >> well i did think it was the roundheads. >> this is one that diffuses a lot of people actually great britain refers only to england wales and scotland. is that true or false . or false. >> because the difference is between great britain and the united kingdom. >> kingdom? yeah. what is great britain? >> i'll go true. >> i'll go true. >> yeah. i'll say true. >> yeah. i'll say true. >> yeah, actually. and you're both right. so absolutely well done on that one. and i think time for one more, scotland has

its own banknotes which are valid everywhere in the uk. is that true or false? >> they're not valid everywhere because i've been in birmingham and tried to use a scottish £1 banknote, and someone laughed me out of a shop that was ages ago. >> you though, to be fair. >> you though, to be fair. >> well, he was just me. >> well, he was just me. >> no, i thought that was true. >> no, i thought that was true. >> i think they should be legal tender everywhere. but. >> but some people refuse. >> but some people refuse. >> you will struggle to be able to spend them. it is true. >> it is true. i think our one more actually. seeing as we are a team girl on the panel today when i had issues with this one. when did women get the right to vote at the same age as men? is it 1918, 1928? 1938, or 1948? >> at the same age as yes , it's >> at the same age as yes, it's either 1918 or 1948. i think it's 1918. >> it's the correct answer. is 1928. but but, but but but when women first got the right to vote, it was only married women. yeah. certain social status. yeah. certain social status. yeah. so this question isn't

quite clear to be honest with you.soif quite clear to be honest with you. so if you're confused at home, then that is probably probably, christmas day. do we need to do that one. >> could it be the 25th, or which month ? which month? >> which month? july. okay so i mean, what do we make of this? i mean, what do we make of this? i mean, how how are people actually failing this? >> it's a funny mix, isn't it? of really quite historical kind of academic stuff. i think. and then really, really obvious stuff . stuff. >> but maybe i don't know, but i mean, i just find it the test itself is odd to me because what's it testing, what's it testing and what, what what what's the most useful stuff you could ask someone to learn in order to live well in? well, that's that's the question. >> then what what should what question should i mean? you can play question should i mean? you can play at home or what questions should we be asking people who want to become a british citizen? what is the most obvious question , nikki, that obvious question, nikki, that you would ask them? >> i would say, milk or hot water first on the tea bag straight. >> that's very british though. >> that's very british though. >> that's very british though. >> that is that really is

important to know that. yeah, yeah, and how about the, the scone issue jam or cream? >> i mean, no, i'm not going down that route. i think genuinely, genuinely what would be the most useful thing. and this is what i've observed in people that aren't able to really operate in this country is can you speak a bit of english? i think, and i don't mean that in a, in a, in an unfriendly way. but when you see, like mums who are relying on their children, who've learnt english, i think having a basic knowledge of or helping them with learning some languages would be a lot more useful than these funny questions. >> completely. yeah. >> completely. yeah. >> to help you operate in the country, a little bit of basic engushis country, a little bit of basic english is what you need , and english is what you need, and also for people that you know, if you are relying on other people, you are at the mercy of other people. >> and as a woman especially, you know. yeah, yeah, that worries me a lot that people wouldn't be able to speak a language. and then other people could take advantage of that fact to sort out your housing and your health and all of that stuff. >> i think you need some basic engush >> i think you need some basic english skills, and that's what we should be helping people with, not testing them on in the

way that these citizenships are exactly that. >> yeah. no absolutely. and so what about i mean, the argument against that is like when we move abroad to live in spain or something, we don't bother learning the language either. >> no, no. and you're right. and i think that , you know, in order i think that, you know, in order to kind of take part in a country, you just need a bit of communication skills. and yes, so we should do the same. i mean, people, you know, brits abroad, they just shout really loudly and go, waiter, waiter, two beers please. and wave the wave their euros around. so i suppose that's what we do abroad. >> but it, it's funny because i used to live some of the time in cyprus and i do speak bad greek, the cypriot accent and i went to cyprus the other week and i was there using my bad greek. but it completely changes how people receive you if you just try. you don't have to get it right . and don't have to get it right. and i understand that, you know, i have such a better experience of going there than other people because of that. so yeah, at any case, we weren't the worst. >> by the way, there is a country that has a worse pass rate for their citizenship, our, quiz. and can you guess what country that is? >> america , australia. >> america, australia. >> america, australia.

>> it was actually canada. on they're even worse than we are. so go figure. right. unfortunate. we've run out of time on that one, but let me know your thoughts. what would you ask? so people could claim british citizenship speaking english? is that more important than knowing when what the grand national is, well, i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. and there's lots more coming up on today's show . now, england today's show. now, england manager gareth southgate says he is desperate to do well for my country. that's nice. as a three lions prepare to play slovakia in the last 16 of the euros tonight. all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's news channel. don't go too far.

welcome back to gb news sunday with me . dawn neesom on your with me. dawn neesom on your telly. online and on digital radio. now, england manager gareth southgate says he is desperate to do well for my

country, which is part of the job as three lions prepare to play job as three lions prepare to play slovakia in the last 16 of the euros tonight. now i'm looking forward to it. evidently we are going to. this is the most important fact, by the way. we are actually going to drink an extra 6 million pints of been an extra 6 million pints of beer. will be drunk today . beer. will be drunk today. that's not just by me, by the way. so cheers. cheers. watching the football, so i mean, you know , there's been a lot of know, there's been a lot of criticism. we've talked about nigel farage being positive today, so we haven't covered ourselves in glory. england are in germany at the moment, so we should get behind the team and cheer them on. and you're looking at me like nicky. yeah. go on, shut up. >> come on. no, i wish i cared. i wish i cared, nicky, i know, but i don't because i, you know , but i don't because i, you know, i was so impressed with the lionesses winning . you know, lionesses winning. you know, they're so terrific and they're amazing role models for young women and they're brilliant for our country. but the men just don't have it. >> we're just not i'm the opposite. i think women's sport is a bit deadly dull, i just want tonight. i just want

tonight to be dramatic. i think we've had this kind of lie—ins rather than the lions. it's been such boring games thus far, so i just don't. i don't care if slovakia win. i just want. i just want it to be a dramatic game with something to watch. some reason to tune in slovakia , right? >> the population of 5.4 million and the entire slovakian squad is worth less than jude bellingham. >> it's astonishing, isn't it? how much we pay our effectively teenage turned 21, by the way, just turned 21. >> talking of jeffs, we've got another jeff to join us now >> talking of jeffs, we've got anotherjeff to join us now . gb anotherjeff to join us now. gb news reporter jeff moody, who is doing something very football orientated. jeff, hello . orientated. jeff, hello. >> yes you are. hello. >> yes you are. hello. >> well, it's very difficult to hear you because it's quite loud in here. >> i'm at the walkabout bar , >> i'm at the walkabout bar, which is in central bristol, the crowds are beginning to gather. it's a little quiet at the moment. most people are watching the motor racing at the moment, but there are a few football fansin but there are a few football fans in and i've had a chat to them as they're starting to get slowly tanked up. they're all looking forward to the match

tonight, everybody highly critical of england's performance so far. angry. i would say, but they are all everybody in this bar is predicting that england will win. i've heard various score predictions from two one to england to two nil to england to a two two all draw. so everybody does seem to have their hopes set quite high. of course it has been a pretty disappointing competition so far for england, that drab nil nil draw with slovenia last time was was greeted with boos, wasn't it? and also, cups were thrown at the manager, gareth southgate. i think it's fair to say that, you know, his career really is on the line. he's got to try and put it out of the bag today if he possibly can, they're not going to be showing the match at glastonbury this year. very often they do , but they're not often they do, but they're not this time, which has been a source of disappointment to some festival goers. but the place to go is all of the sports bars right across the country that are now all gearing up for the

big match. all the flags are out there starting to be a great atmosphere. the pints are being pulled and we're all looking forward to england winning two one. that's what we're predicting. this is lando norris, right? >> okay , well i like the you >> okay, well i like the you can't hear me jeff. >> thank you very much jeff. cheers, jeff. cheers just he's in a pub. he can't hear me. that's why i was shouting. okay. right. slovakia. do we know anything about slovakia? >> quite old, i don't know, they're quite old. >> i think. i think their footballers are a lot older than ours and ours are extremely young and extremely wealthy. >> they are the oldest team in the competition. the country of slovakia is actually. well, it might be. others claim it. the geographic geographical midpoint of europe. that's really completely landlocked, landlocked, beautiful country, 20 unesco world heritage sites. >> and if we sorry, this is technically, maybe totally inaccurate. if we win against slovakia, i think we face switzerland. so we've got quite an easy so far. >> switzerland are pretty good,

to be honest with you. >> okay, so we're not just going to kind of get right through to the final without any challenges i >> -- >> my interesting fact about slovakia artist andy warhol, his parents come from there. there you go. oh, a bit of culture for you go. oh, a bit of culture for you to go with your football, right. well, thank you very much. enjoy the football if you're watching or listening to it. but remember, gb news is here all for you as well, i'm dawn neesom and this has been gb news sunday, but don't go anywhere because there's plenty more coming up on gb news today. it's fiery debate with nana akua. and at 6:00 it's neil oliver with free speech nation at seven and mark dolan at nine. but thank you so much for joining me. cheers. have a lovely sunday and let's have a look at what the weather's going to do for you. what's left of your weekend. cheers. thank you. see you . soon. see you. soon. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good afternoon and

welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. we're starting to see some sunshine poke through that cloud this afternoon. now a few showers bubbling up in the north. we're saying goodbye to that rain and drizzle clearing the southeast now, allowing a ridge of high pressure to build and notice the winds coming from and notice the winds coming from a north westerly direction, which means things are generally feeling a little bit cooler overall into this evening, though, there'll be plenty of dry weather around once those showers ease into the evening. a mix of cloud and some clear spells. a bit of a change on its way in the west, though, as we start to see some outbreaks of rain move their way in. nothing particularly heavy, but leading to quite a damp start for monday morning. under those clear spells. feeling a little bit cooler. but most towns and cities remaining in the double digits to start the new working week, then it is going to be fairly damp, particularly across western parts of scotland. a few heavier outbreaks just feeding into the west too, but across the east, largely dry. fairly cloudy, though quite a damp start once again across northern ireland, north west and england once again in the far east. a

few bright sunny spells to start the week, a damp start once again across northern ireland. a few showers across devon and cornwall, but across central and southeastern england largely dry, even starting to see some bright sunshine to start the week. on the whole , though, week. on the whole, though, monday is going to be quite an unsettled day. we'll see those outbreaks of rain continue to push their way eastwards a little bit heavy at times, mainly across the hills, but once that rain clears through, some bright sunshine will begin to develop and staying driest for longest across the south and southeast . and that's where southeast. and that's where we're going to see the best of the temperatures. highs of around 21 celsius. so a notch down compared to the weekend into the evening . then we'll into the evening. then we'll gradually say goodbye to that rain as it clears into the north sea, a few spots of rain and drizzle for parts of northern england and parts of wales. but on the whole it is going to be a largely dry night next week, fairly changeable with some rain and showers. but we do catch the sunshine. it should still be feeling pleasant and warm . feeling pleasant and warm. >> that warm feeling inside.

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