than 3000 migrants are waiting on the beaches of france . on the beaches of france. despite the tragic death of 12 in the channel yesterday . and in the channel yesterday. and despite that, starmer, macron loving le bromance just a few weeks ago now the french are blaming britain's soft touch migrant rules for the channel deaths. >> plus, so can the prime minister explain to britain's low income pensioners why he has taken money away from them, whilst at the same time giving more money to highly paid train drivers? >> yeah, rishi sunak sticks the boot into starmer at pmqs today, blasting why did you prioritise train drivers over vulnerable pensioners and the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable , and a were all avoidable, and a damning report lays bare the culture of dishonesty and the unscrupulous cladding firms that led to grenfell. we'll be

speaking to a representative of a grenfell victims group. plus, as a result of the ballot, priti patel is eliminated from the contest. the seine patel is booted out of the tory leadership contest. but be honest, does anybody care ? well, honest, does anybody care? well, on my panel tonight it's the director of the popular conservatives, mark littlewood, businessman and activist and friend of the show, adam brooks. and of course, broadcaster nina mishakov . oh, and he's at it mishakov. oh, and he's at it once again . and the prime once again. and the prime minister, the prime minister knows the. yeah. starmer is calling rishi sunak the prime minister. get ready britain. here we go . here we go. well it's a show. it's a delight to have your company. tonight's big question i'll be asking, surely. is this all the refugees welcome brigade, the ones who are truly responsible for the continuing deaths in the channel. but first, it's time

for your latest news headlines. and it's sophia wenzler. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines. just after 9:00, the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was the result of decades of failure. that's according to a long awaited report over almost 1700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. housing, communities and local government minister rushanara ali said the blame lies with the previous government. >> the report sets out that successive governments have failed to provide the protection and tackle this issue. and so

what's absolutely crucial is that we make sure that buildings that we make sure that buildings that are unsafe, the remediation work happens speedily. it hasn't happened fast enough. enough people are living in unsafe buildings and they need these buildings and they need these buildings to be remediated. >> rishi sunak, now leader of the opposition, has attacked labour's move to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of commissioners. he faced off with sir keir starmer at the first prime minister's questions since parliament returned from the summer recess. the conservative leader accused the prime minister of taking money from low income pensioners and ploughing it into inflation busting pay rises for union workers . however, prime minister workers. however, prime minister sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments, saying it's essential to stabilise the economy and some breaking news. now a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder in relation to

the death of eight year old bhim kohli. mr kohli was attacked while walking his dog in franklin park, braunstone town, near leicester on sunday and later died in hospital. his family say their hearts are broken . hundreds of migrants broken. hundreds of migrants have attempted to cross the channel just hours after 12 people, including a pregnant woman and six children, died when their boat sank. earlier, french police stormed a beach to stop around 200 others from attempting the crossing. dramatic footage also showed people wading out into the water, many not wearing life jackets, before pushing away from the shore. those migrants have now made it over to the uk, as exclusive gb news footage reveals , and dame priti patel reveals, and dame priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with only 14 votes from 121 tory mps. meanwhile, robert jenrick came top of the ballot with 28 votes.

mps cast their opening votes this afternoon, reducing the number of candidates from 6 to 5. the contenders now include james cleverly, robert jenrick, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch . those are the kemi badenoch. those are the latest gb news headlines for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now yesterday, 12 illegal immigrants, including six children and a pregnant woman, drowned in the channel off the coast of france when their flimsy dinghy simply ripped into . flimsy dinghy simply ripped into. yet today, the french interior minister, gerald darmanin , laid minister, gerald darmanin, laid the blame. not with the heartless people smugglers or indeed the inept french police, but with britain's soft touch

migration rules. do you know what? i reckon he's got a point. in total , 80 were on that death in total, 80 were on that death trap dinghy and they paid people smugglers £1,000 each. now, before yesterday even happened, 30 had already perished in the channel. they knew the risk that they were taking, but they took it anyway. well why? well, mr darmanin said that the uk was a place where you can work without papers and where you have little chance of being expelled. but there's more to it than that. the illegals know they will be greeted with a silver foil blanket and a golden ticket of free accommodation benefits and a 90% chance of gaining asylum. now, an estimated 1.2 million are already in the uk illegally. the asylum system now costs us a whopping £6.6 billion every single year. on friday, we learned that unemployment for benefits, unemployment benefits for 1.7 jobless immigrants . sex for 1.7 jobless immigrants. sex british taxpayers back a

staggering £8 billion every single year. now, in april, the mayor of wimereux, jean—luc de boel mayor of wimereux, jean—luc de boel, said the english pay us to stop the boats , but the english stop the boats, but the english give them accommodation, food, a bank account and let them work without regulation. it is the engush without regulation. it is the english who are responsible for every boat that sails across the channel to england. well, monsieur darmanin is partly right, because those of us who want to stop the boats, we're not responsible. we want to end the tragedy in the channel. we want to stop the boats and stop the deaths. but every member of parliament, every civil servant, every human rights lawyer, every charity worker or every so—called anti—racist who keeps crying refugees welcome here. they're the bleeding hearts with a blood on their hands , so long a blood on their hands, so long as they rolled out the red carpet. thousands more illegal immigrants will risk perishing in the channel for the golden ticket to remain in the united kingdom . now let's get the kingdom. now let's get the thoughts of my panel. and tonight i'm joined by the by the

addenbrooke's. the pub owner and the businessman mark littlewood, who's the director of the popular conservatives, and of course, by nina myskow, the broadcaster. so welcome to the show, ladies and gentlemen. let's start with you , adam. what let's start with you, adam. what are your thoughts on the continued deaths in the channel? do you think that the french minister has a point? we're rolling out the red carpet, and thatis rolling out the red carpet, and that is why the deaths are continuing. >> of course, he's got a point. i've been banging on about this on twitter and online for ten years. we've got a massive illegal immigration problem in this country and it's only getting worse. and now we've got a labour government that is even softer than the conservatives. i can't believe we that that is the case. but we have , we have the case. but we have, we have got people that are travelling here, their economic migrants, they're not asylum seekers. there might be a few, but you have to be very naive to believe that these people are not just coming to this country for what they can get. as the french guy has said, they get free housing,

free food, free medical treatment, free travel in some instances . now, why did they not instances. now, why did they not settle in the several countries that they pass through to get here? because many of them call us el dorado . they think they're us el dorado. they think they're going to get rich, they've got their housing to fall back on, but they think they're going to get rich. a lot of them go and work for these delivery apps. these food delivery apps or these taxi services. there's a lot of criminal behaviour amongst these apps. if they were to be raided, you would end up finding so many illegal immigrants that that's without the danger to our society. we don't know who they are, what they've done. one one french person in dunkirk, one of the authorities said it was like guerrilla warfare on the streets and in the camps. these people are either here now or they're on their way. these are people that are stabbing, people that are shooting people . and i want are shooting people. and i want to be labelled as far right for saying this and highlighting this. i've got three children. enoughis

this. i've got three children. enough is enough, martin. >> well, nina, you're nodding your head. you seem to agree that. martin i'm shaking. >> i'm shaking my head at what he's saying because it's very inflammatory . inflammatory. >> you're implying the truth is inflammatory. >> no, no, no , what you're >> no, no, no, what you're saying are facts that you can't back up. i can back up. no. you can't wait one second. you shut me down. last week i posted. posted. adam adam. several articles last week. adam we're not talking about last week. we're talking about now . and you we're talking about now. and you made your statement. i'm now replying to your statement it up on twitter i don't care i don't care whether you wrote it on a sign and hung it out your window. nobody cares. okay? >> people do care for the truth. >> people do care for the truth. >> people do care for the truth. and what i will not take is you exaggerating and making blind assumptions about people you know, you talk about. you say the shooting people, they're stabbing . that is correct. but stabbing. that is correct. but that you're making out these are all criminal people that they're coming here for for, economic reasons. you cannot say many. you cannot say many. these

people are coming from from syria , from afghanistan or syria, from afghanistan or eritrea, where they're fleeing war. now, this the why not settle in france or greece? well, i'll answer that in a minute. well, i want to say to you is you're implying they're all men, they're all violent. they're all coming to attack our women . he they're all coming to attack our women. he said they're all coming to attack our women . he said that to me. no, women. he said that to me. no, no, no. >> but he hasn't said that. >> but he hasn't said that. >> he's implying that. >> he's implying that. >> but can i just say, rather than attacking adam, can we address the point? >> no, i'm going to address the point. i'm going to address the pull factor so big that these these tragic disasters will keep happening so long as the benefits, the, the, the employment benefits is there waiting in britain. >> that's the question i'd like to answer . please don't have a to answer. please don't have a go at adam. >> i'm not having a go at it. i'm having a go at his points, backed up by facts. >> let's move on. >> move on. okay, so germany has exactly the same benefits as the uk does. so they're not coming here necessarily just for the benefits they're in germany. you're entitled to to housing

medical treatment. well that's probably why they benefit 0.1 5 million illegal immigrants in germany between 2020 and 2022. germany between 2020 and 2022. germany takes most. germany takes germany takes more asylum seekers than france and spain combined, and they both take more than we do. >> let's move on now, mark, you've been waiting patiently. the point there being proven that those generous benefits in germany and britain has the net effect of attracting millions of immigrants to germany also. >> yeah, there's a whole range of factors going on here. there are pull factors. i mean, i think the fact that, you know, we speak the english language is actually a pull factor for a good number of people from across the globe . but i look at across the globe. but i look at this this way, martin. and as strictly economic perspective, these people will be measuring up not perfectly, but as well as they can their risk and rewards of trying this. they can their risk and rewards of trying this . and one feature of trying this. and one feature of trying this. and one feature of that is how likely am i going to drown in the channel? that'll be one thing they're featuring and factoring in, but another is when i get to the uk , what is when i get to the uk, what is the package awaiting me? what is

the package awaiting me? what is the chance that i will be deported or successful? what are the benefits i can get? what are the benefits i can get? what are the chances? as adam was alluding to, that i might be able to slip into the black market or the grey market economy. all of those judgements lead to a person deciding whether or not to try and get it. and we have been absolutely woeful at deportations. the legal process is a complete nightmare now. it's now nearly impossible to actually bring about mass deportations. so the judgement is a rational judgement is a rational judgement by those seeking to come here, that the risk is worth it for the rewards, and it seems to me, therefore, that we need to reduce the rewards. if you want to reduce that incentive and that brings us back to that original point. >> if the person who's acting like the adult in the room here is the french interior minister, gerald darmanin, who's saying he's saying he's not attacking britain. he's saying the fact of the matter is the pull factors are so great. the black economy, the houses, the benefits, the

tiny chance of deportation. the french minister is saying so long as that happens, they will keep risking their lives. he's just rolling out the point that it's the pull factor that makes this risk so appealing . this risk so appealing. >> all of europe is a pull factor to someone coming from eritrea, so that makes a difference. what also pulls people here is that they have family here, they speak english and they have family. family here, they speak english and they have family . that's and they have family. that's a far bigger pull factor than anything else. >> open our borders to anybody, i don't know. >> of course , it's the biggest >> of course, it's the biggest problem we have, and i understand that i'm not saying come one, come all. i'm saying we need we need to make a better deal with europe. we need to make a better deal with france, which is exactly what donelan martin, as you pointed out, martin, as you pointed out, martin, earlier in your in your monologue, 90% of asylum applications are successful . applications are successful. >> now, that just doesn't it's not more like 7575 the last time. this doesn't smell right to me. so the process is 90

because because the ones who go back into the system, the actual deportations is 10% anyway. yeah, the deportations 10%. now, this just strikes me on the face of it, to be way too high a success rate. and that would be one of the things, again, that people are factoring in. do i have a 90% chance of 70% chance of actually getting asylum, or do i only have a 12 or 15 or 20% chance that would be? >> i'd also like to say, let's get adam. >> adam brooks very quickly. >> adam brooks very quickly. >> last year, channel 4 tried to highlight in a very polished interview with a migrant about his his stressful journey through so many countries and why he came and he ended up admitting that he had asylum already. granted in greece, and that he then risked his life coming across the channel because he wanted a house and not a tent. this underlines the reason why they are leaving these countries to come here. we are a soft touch a lot. >> we are not a soft touch. we are absolutely not a soft touch. and as, as, as for the, you know, the idea that they're all

economic migrants or a majority of them, they are not majority, not a majority. people are fleeing persecution. and god knows what else. >> and then going back there on holiday, you're saying you're also saying that that that they're men, that they're shooting, they're they're 80 or 90% men that are coming across the channel. >> the people who died in the channel >> the people who died in the channel, the people who died. there was a pregnant woman in six children is a tragedy. that was absolutely a tragedy. >> but in terms of the actual demographics and the statistics, it was an anomaly. but the final point if the french foreign minister, the interior minister, is saying so long as this system is saying so long as this system is in place, this will continue in perpetuity, why are you why are you arguing with with the state of things in britain in terms of what adam brooks is saying or what i'm saying? the facts are on the table. we need a better we need a better system. >> we need a better arrangement with france, with boris johnson screwed up , we haven't in power. screwed up, we haven't in power. >> now. the numbers are going up. no no no no no. >> well, exactly. because the tory, the tory government

screwed the whole thing up after brexit. >> you can't blame the tories anymore. keir starmer, he's been in charge for. >> well we discussed this last week across in their droves. >> but it's amazing isn't it. this guy is a middle of the road french politician. and he's absolutely in my view , hit the absolutely in my view, hit the nail on the head. and if he'd said that as a british politician, i've got no doubt he'd be labelled far right. >> part of him feels guilty because it happened in their waters and they've been paid a shedload of money to stop that sort of thing. >> have you spoken to him? >> have you spoken to him? >> i said i was part of that, maybe that he feels good. if i were him, i would feel guilty. would you not? >> would >> would you >> would you not >> would you not would >> would you not would you? >> would you not would you? not if you were the mayor of boulogne. would you not feel guilty that on your beach this had happened? >> why would i feel guilty for people that i had no control over coming into my country, that are then coming through to go to other country? no. >> would you been paid 500 million to also pointing out in this particular tragedy, 15 people were removed from the craft. >> they were all offered the chance to return to shore and refused the chance to return to shore. they knew the risks.

there had already been 35 perished in the channel. this year before yesterday. and that's the point. you were making with the risks or the risks, and they deem them to be risks, and they deem them to be risks worth taking. >> taking risks? exactly right. that's exactly right . and we that's exactly right. and we have got the risk reward ratio wrong here, given the quantum of migration, it's difficult not to talk in generalisations. but adam's not saying that they're all shooters. and stabbers, but you do have to make some broad, broad brush points, and the numbers are completely out of control. the british electorate have voted against this again and again, and again. and at some point a government is going to have to put in place an administrative system and a legal system that is actually able to deal with this. no sign of it. under yvette cooper done it. >> that's why that's why he move on. that's why he adam mark will come back to this point, i'm sure, another time. >> thank you very much. now, still to come, a damning report has laid bare the culture of dishonesty and unscrupulous cladding firms that led to the grenfell disaster. >> the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all

avoidable and coming soon. >> i get reaction from a representative of the grenfell victims group in just a few moments time. but up next, as labour considers raising the state pension by £400 after widespread outrage over cuts to winter fuel payments, which are predicted to the pensioners the hardest. is it all too

next. welcome back. this is patrick

christys tonight with me covering for patrick martin daubney only on gb news. and it's daubney only on gb news. and wsfime daubney only on gb news. and it's time now for our head to head. it's time now for our head to head . okay. gloves off because head. okay. gloves off because an shocking new analysis today has revealed that 84% of the poorest pensioners would lose their winter fuel payments as a result of the chancellor's plans to save a measly £1.4 billion. now, analysis by the former pensions minister, steve webb has shown that out of the 1.9 million pensioners living in poverty , only 300,000 will poverty, only 300,000 will retain their winter fuel payments. now, it's no wonder that rishi sunak slammed the government's decision during prime minister's question times earlier today, accusing the prime minister of choosing workers over pensioners. >> it was his decision and his decision alone, to award a train driver on £65,000, a pay rise of almost £10,000. and it was also his decision that a pensioner

living on just £13,000 will have their winter fuel allowance removed . so can the prime removed. so can the prime minister explain to britain's low income pensioners why he has taken money away from them, whilst at the same time giving more money to highly paid train drivers ? drivers? >> it's also worth pointing out that £10 billion was magically found to pay nhs workers and teachers. and this all comes after it was revealed that the state pension could rise by more than £400 next year. but with experts warning that the rise could drag thousands of retirees into paying more tax and widespread outrage at labour's treatment of hardworking pensioners, is all of this too little, too late? well, let me know your thoughts by heading to gbnews.com/yoursay or tweet me @gbnews. and while you're there, why not vote in our poll? i'll bnng why not vote in our poll? i'll bring you those results in a few short minutes . but now going short minutes. but now going head to head on this topic is

the ceo of youth vote uk, alex cairns , and also the political cairns, and also the political consultant suzanne evans . let's consultant suzanne evans. let's start with you, suzanne. ladies first. do you think it's fair to say that train drivers seem more important to this government than pensioners? a measly £1.4 billion in savings, but they found £10 billion for public sector workers. is it turning into no country for old folk ? into no country for old folk? >> well, i think it is. let me tell you what a pensioner i had a coffee with this afternoon, said they hate us. >> she said they hate us. she's talking about the fact that they've removed the winter fuel allowance, which means that the £400 pension increase is pretty much eradicated when you take into account the fact that there also won't be a £300 cost of living fuel payment this year , living fuel payment this year, which was up to £300 last year. we're in negative territory with that £400 rise. so i look at it and i think, you know, labour made such a huge fuss about not

killing granny during covid times . now killing granny during covid times. now they killing granny during covid times . now they seem to be times. now they seem to be determined to kill granny by making her freeze to death in her own home, potentially taxing her own home, potentially taxing her pension as well, potentially levying a wealth tax on her house. they haven't even ruled out charging her an additional 25% in council tax. it's not difficult to see, is it? why that pensioner said to me today they hate us and it scares the pensioners . pensioners. >> got a point. do the government hate pensioners? >> no, i don't think they have a point. you know, let's remember that the state pension costs 124 billion plus the 2 billion of winter fuel payments. you know, we're talking about about 20% of the government budget for 15% of the government budget for 15% of the population. it's a ridiculous situation where every single year pensioners are looked after, where there's a big portion of the country where we've seen, you know, young people that can't afford houses, we've seen youth clubs, close mental health services cut. you know, the transport situation.

hs2 has been overrunning, overspent. we spent £600 million on rwanda. we spent £2 billion on rwanda. we spent £2 billion on wasted ppe. i mean the reality is government is about choices and actually the labour government are looking at this situation even kemi badenoch last year talked about the fact that it should be means tested. we've got a lot of people that aren't poor pensioners actually aren't poor pensioners actually are pensioners that have a lot of money. these are people that have worked their whole life. they probably have assets, they have properties, they have lots of different ways of getting income and actually lots of them didn't even need the winter fuel payments that they were eligible to. so, you know, government is about choices. these are difficult choices. every single part of society will be affected in some way. and actually i'm fed up of pensioners always being protected. you know , every being protected. you know, every part of society is going to feel the punch as we go through a penod the punch as we go through a period of trying to clear up, which was 14 years of poor economic decisions. alex. >> alex. if a government makes choices, which it clearly has to, then the point today was the choice was made to pay to pay train drivers a whopping ten

grand pay rise. they're already on £65,000. another choice that was made was to keep on pumping out £8 billion a year in unemployment benefit to immigrants and other choices being made. it's £6.6 billion that goes into the asylum system . that goes into the asylum system. you're pitting old people against young people here. but if it's to down choices, surely british taxpayers should come first. >> but you're giving a few examples of where the government are all true. well they might be true, but again, it's all about choices. i just mentioned that it cost us 125 billion every year for the state pensions. there are lots of young working people that don't see any benefit at all. you know, let's talk about young carers. >> but they'll be old at some point soon. they don't. they don't stay. they don't live forever. it's not oasis. no. >> but actually we have an ageing population . so what are ageing population. so what are we going to do. we're just going to keep on giving pensioners more money and then letting young people, you know, not have any additional budget for anything. i mean, it's a ridiculous situation. also, this is a political conversation, right? you know, for a long time

we all know why pensioners get looked after because they vote in their droves. that's the only reason why for many, many years, conservative governments have given pensioners what they want because they voted for them. >> alex, i'm going to have to let suzanne come in. isn't that a point, suzanne? all people do vote, but they don't vote for the labour party. is that why the labour party. is that why the labour party are throwing them under the bus? >> no, i'm absolutely appalled at what i'm hearing here. you know, we have something in this country called the equality act. i've been quite a critic of it, but i think alex is just about broken every rule in it, the ageism coming from his mouth. i actually find quite appalling and astonishing. you know. oh, i'm sick to death of having to protect pensioners , pensioners protect pensioners, pensioners who have paid for their pension. pensioners who have worked and who the labour party is now expecting them to work another year longer for that pension if rumours are to believed. i'm sorry i am sick to death of young people in this country not having respect for their elders, not having respect for people who have have paid into their pension pots, who have worked damned hard all their lives, and young people seem to think they

don't deserve to have a happy old age. what do you want, alex? do you want us to send them all to us? to send them all to switzerland? because the way you're talking, i'm frankly appalled. >> well , of course appalled. >> well, of course you're appalled. >> and, you know, as a former senior member of ukip, again, a lot of your voters are the demographic you're talking about. i'm not surprised. let's remember, we've got a situation where i don't remember lots of people being absolutely appalled at the situation where, you know, youth service clubs, sports, 100 million goes to sports, 100 million goes to sports clubs around the country . sports clubs around the country. we need to be getting young people into fit and healthy exercises. it's all about choices. pensioners. remember, the state pension is not being affected here. this is an additional payment to help with poor choices that liz government government made during the 2022 mini—budget. this is an additional payment. the state pension is not being affected. suzanne >> suzanne, i'm sorry. you're showing a complete . you simply showing a complete. you simply don't understand what liz truss's budget was all about and the fallout of that. so i'm just going to ignore that. frankly,

it's economically illiterate. but the fact is, you will pensioners should be should be protected elderly people in their last fruitful years of life , i'm afraid, do not deserve life, i'm afraid, do not deserve to be thrown on the scrap heap. and i think any right thinking person who respects human rights would agree . i'm very sorry you would agree. i'm very sorry you don't. >> that's that's an absolutely ridiculous statement. >> lots of pensioners are not just relying on the winter fuel allowance , right? lots of them allowance, right? lots of them have savings. they have assets. the state pension is not being affected. you know, there's a there's a big portion of the country that are suffering. you know, it's all about choices. they're not touching the state pension that's going up the winter fuel payments are additional. it wasn't going to last forever. and again, i'm not being economically illiterate, as you say. everyone knows that there was poor decisions made by there was poor decisions made by the truss government which which meant that interest rates went up meant that interest rates went ”p by meant that interest rates went up by the bank of england, actually. >> and the bank of england has now produced two reports admitting that it was pretty much entirely responsible for what happened in the wake of that mini—budget. so you're also

not remembering that many people don't receive the full state pension. around 150,000 pensioners only get £100 a week. that's less than half the full state pension. it is not a given that every. i mean to be honest, you know, i might agree with you when it comes to those fat cat pubuc when it comes to those fat cat public sector pensions. i think perhaps they should be looked at and they should be cut. i'm not sure the country can afford those, but to, you know, to ban all pensioners into one bracket as being wealthy, able to afford it, i'm afraid, is a complete misunderstanding about the brutal facts of life in old age . brutal facts of life in old age. >> we have to. we have to leave it there. alex cairns and suzanne evans, we could keep going all night. final word to suzanne evans there. thank you very much. now, who do you who do you agree with in that epic dust up? now, as labour considers raising the state pension by £400? is it too little, too late? well alex on x says it's absolutely the winter fuel payment cut was the first of many blows . they are also of many blows. they are also threatening to raise the retirement age and then scrap the council tax discount for

single person households, which will disproportionately impact oaps. utterly disgraceful david. also on x adds this. it's far too late. they're going to struggle through the winter and may not survive if it's really cold. what good is £400 after that? and helen, also on x says this if i'd never worked i would still get a pension credit , etc. still get a pension credit, etc. but i did work full time and i get a small workplace pension added to the state pension. i became a taxpayer again . that is became a taxpayer again. that is messed up. and now your verdict ? messed up. and now your verdict? verdict is in because 92% of you agree that it's too little, too late. while 8% say that it isn't. thank you very much for your votes for a great debate. now, coming up, the tory leadership hopefuls have been whittled down to five after the first round of voting took place this afternoon as a result of the ballot, priti patel is eliminated from the contest . us eliminated from the contest. us liam broady patel has been dumped out of the conservative

leadership contest, so will reform uk offer her an olive branch? and can any of the remaining candidates ever see off nigel farage's party reform? uk immigration and justice spokesperson ann widdecombe will give me her take very soon. but first, the tragic deaths of 72 people in the grenfell tower disaster were all avoidable and that was the damning indictment of a landmark report that was published today. so is it not high time that criminal prosecutions were brought against cladding firms and those responsible for the tragedy? well kimia zebian from the grenfell next of kin campaign joins how. now. in just a

welcome back. this is patrick christys tonight with me . martin christys tonight with me. martin daubney covering for patrick only on gb news now. a landmark report published today has exposed the culture of dishonesty and the unscrupulous cladding firms that led to the grenfell fire disaster that resulted of course, in 72 deaths back in june 2017. and here is the chairman of the inquiry speaking earlier today. >> the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable, and those who lived in the tower were badly failed over a number of years and in a number of different ways by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the

building and its occupants. >> well, the report also accused the tory government at the time of the tragedy of ignoring systemic problems with the building safety and labelling concerned residents as troublemakers. well, joining me now is kimia zabian from the grenfell next of kin group. welcome to the show, kimia. thank you very, very much. so it's a landmark day and one that you would have no doubt have been waiting many, many years for. what's your takeaway from today? do you think it's enough or do you want to see proper justice now enacted ? justice now enacted? >> well, thank you for having me on your show . >> well, thank you for having me on your show. i'm the >> well, thank you for having me on your show . i'm the advocate on your show. i'm the advocate for grenfell next of kin. so my job, if you like, is to help them amplify their voice. and i think i can say with certainty that the immediate families of more than half of the deceased, feel a little kind of, it's a bit, a bit bittersweet, you know , bit, a bit bittersweet, you know, the inquiry, of course, is very

thorough. the chairman does not mince his words. on the other hand, it is not really something that they asked for or needed. when your immediate family members, your mother or your father or your children are die in such horrible circumstances, most of the time, naturally, people want to see criminal prosecutions and the problem is that it doesn't matter if it's the best inquiry in the world with the toughest recommendations and language. but for those people who lost their, kith and kin, criminal prosecutions, particularly for what what really, you know, strikes home as justice is manslaughter charges . and those manslaughter charges. and those are, you know, there have been no prosecutions for seven years because of the inquiry. no prosecutions for seven years because of the inquiry . and the because of the inquiry. and the chances of manslaughter charges are now actually diminished

because of the inquiry. >> and in terms of the prime minister today, sir keir starmer, he said that all routes would be looked at, including the legal options. is that what you would like to see, kimber? you'd like to see what the ceos of the companies charged with manslaughter, as far as the families who have lost their blood, you know, in this terrible tragedy, in the most awful, horrific way and have had to endure unbelievable , horrific to endure unbelievable, horrific conversations that i can't even bear to repeat on their behalf, >> any human being would feel that they want to have a day in court where people are charged and have a fair trial, and a judge and jury decides, guilty or not guilty. this is individuals for their negligence as well as corporations. the problem here is that the inquiry happened before criminal prosecutions . it delayed

prosecutions. it delayed justice. it was the wrong way around and it has not only retraumatised them because they had to wait seven years to get to this point, but actually, because the inquiry names names and has given a platform to individuals and corporations to come and practice their defence, it would be very interesting to see if the cps will actually be able to navigate, because of course, the bar for probable, the bar for manslaughter charges is very high, as it should be, and you have to meet the bar of probable conviction. well any barrister would tell you that thatis barrister would tell you that that is actually really going to be difficult now because the defendant, the potential defendants have been given that stage , allowed to practice their stage, allowed to practice their defence. and, you know, may never actually be able to be charged with criminal

manslaughter charges or gross negligence manslaughter. >> may i how would you feel if you were in that position? may i interject and ask you in terms of there are still 300,000 homes, i believe, in the united kingdom alone where this cladding is still in place. and you've also spoken passionately about fires abroad in places like valencia. this is a global problem. what would you like to see done specifically about the cladding ? cladding? >> well, as advocate for the families , again, you know, i've families, again, you know, i've amplified that on their behalf and also facilitated them to go to those countries after those fires happened in milan. we were there a few days after, and the same with valencia, and stood in solidarity with those, survivors and, bereaved families because this is a global issue, basically , the companies target basically, the companies target countries with weak regulatory regulatory practices, and they're they it's all completely above board. and legal. but and

even after after grenfell, even the countries that banned the products, of course never dealt with the legacy issue because as you can see here in the uk, there it's almost too big. but i would just like to say that i would. i think there's a direct comparison with the pharmaceutical industry. it is possible to bring these companies to account and to stop the sale of this product, to have one uniform, uniform standards, global standard to , standards, global standard to, and make sure this never happens again . and that would be a great legacy. >> thank you very much. we have to leave it there . thank you for to leave it there. thank you for your time. it's fantastic. camille zebian from the advocates for the grenfell next of kin group. thanks forjoining us. now coming up, is it time to declare a youth crime emergency? i'll tackle that with my panel at 10:00 pm. but first, the next the first tory leadership hopeful has been dumped out of the competition after the first round of voting this afternoon as a result of the ballot, priti patel is eliminated from the

contest . yes, david patel is out contest. yes, david patel is out of the race. so will the former home secretary now find a home in nigel farage's reform party ? in nigel farage's reform party? oh, and it's angela rayner, a massive hypocrite for considering scrapping the right to buy scheme. after all, she benefited pretty well from that reform uk's immigration and justice spokesperson ann widdecombe will give me her no nonsense

next. next. welcome back. this is patrick welcome back. this is patrick christys tonight with me christys tonight with me standing in for patrick martin standing in for patrick martin daubney only on gb news. now daubney only on gb news. now then priti patel has become the then priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, the party's leadership contest, with only 14 votes from 121 tory with only 14 votes from 121 tory mps. now robert jenrick came top mps. now robert jenrick came top of the ballot with 28 votes and of the ballot with 28 votes and it leaves jenrick. james it leaves jenrick. james cleverly, tom tugendhat, mel cleverly, tom tugendhat, mel stride and kemi badenoch all stride and kemi badenoch all battling out to replace rishi battling out to replace rishi

sunak. well, joining me now to sunak. well, joining me now to discuss this is reform uk's justice spokeswoman anne whitaker. and welcome to the show . so a lot of people quite show. so a lot of people quite surprised that dame priti patel was the first horse to fall. what are your thoughts on this ? what are your thoughts on this? >> well i think it it is slightly surprising , but i don't slightly surprising, but i don't feel an overwhelming sense of shock about it, there are quite a few right wing candidates in there, pretty did not have a wonderful record when she was actually in a position where she might have done things. so maybe it's not so surprising , but it's not so surprising, but quite honestly, martin, i am not going to get exercised about this until we're down to the last two and we can actually see what the realistic choice is how. >> now. >> i asked lee anderson a couple of days ago who his favourite candidate was. he said he didn't care. he said it was immaterial and i wonder if actually many conservative voters really care. i get people all the time here

@gbnews and saying to me, you know, the tory party is almost toast and all the people here are very competent , but they're are very competent, but they're also part of a 14 year failed plan. will it make any difference who's the captain of the titanic ? the titanic? >> i don't think it will make a huge difference. i mean, i can't i can't see any of those candidates making a very big difference. i think if 1 or 2 of them succeed, then, you know , i them succeed, then, you know, i would be very, very doubtful indeed about the party's future. but i rather share lee anderson's view, you know, so what basically, and it isn't just a question of competence and experience, which actually i value. i value tremendously, and i think one of the big things that's gone wrong is we've had a very inexperienced parliament full of low grade people on both sides of the house, quite honestly, and it's in that is what has contributed to fiasco after fiasco. >> but

and by the way, she made, i think , about £48,500 from that think, about £48,500 from that originally brought in. of course , originally brought in. of course, by maggie thatcher, the housing secretary, and she's set to axe the tenants right to buy their own council home. if the property is a new build and cut the discount in place for those already living in. well, i don't think it's a bit ironic, given that rayner herself bought her council house in two thousand and seven and made a stack from it. what do you make of it? >> well, it's what is known as cutting off the ladder behind you. and as she climbed up the housing market that way, and now she's cutting off that, that means for other people. but i also think that abolishing the right to buy is phenomenally short sighted. i still get people to this day saying to me that their parents were only able to buy their first house because mrs. thatcher had made the sale of council houses possible. it means that where you've got tenants who are going to be in there for 25, 30 years, you don't have to maintain it

for that length of time . if you for that length of time. if you sell it. it isn't just a one way flow, but what i do think is that as a completely separate issue and nothing to do with the right to buy, we need to look at the housing stock in this country. >> and can i just interject there and point out that a lot of people might be fans of right to buy, but it absolutely obliterated and depleted britain's social housing stock, and they were never rebuilt. and that in many ways caused a lot of problems for the working classes, did it not? >> no, it is not true that right to buy is at the root of our housing crisis in this country. the growth in the population and social factors such as family splitting up , etc. has splitting up, etc. has contributed enormously to that. what right to buy did. and i was vice chairman of a housing committee on a local council at the time, and what it did was it enabled us to sell stock that we were going to have to maintain because the people in it showed no signs of moving, which is fair enough, whatever. and there is that side to it. and just

saying right to buy is depleted. the housing stock nonsense. if the council wasn't in debt, it was able, under mrs. thatcher's legislation, to build new houses. it was able to and could i get you to answer? >> do you think that the two front runners appear to be badenoch and jenrick? is there a thatcher amongst that pair? no there's no thatcher in sight. >> in all haaland. there's no thatcher in sight. >> in all haaland . there's no >> in all haaland. there's no thatcher there. he's certainly not in the tory party. >> maybe they would be if you got back into it. ann widdecombe thank you very much indeed for joining us on the show. now coming up, prince harry has reportedly said he'll only rejoin the royal fold if prince william apologises to him. so will the warring brothers ever bury the hatchet? i think there's about as much chance of that apology as there is me flapping my arms and flying to the moon . now royal expert the moon. now royal expert richard fitzwilliams will be on hand to give me the inside track very, very soon. but next is it

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me and my father say things that simply weren't true. and now the ginger winger prince harry reportedly says he won't return to royal duties until william apologises. what a right. royal farce and depressing to hear of price hikes . price hikes. >> i'm committed to putting fans at the heart of music. >> i mean, seriously, is it really the government's responsibility to help us get oasis tickets ? all of my panel oasis tickets? all of my panel tonight, it's the director of popular conservatives, mark littlewood, businessman and activist adam brooks, and the broadcaster nina mikhalkov. activist adam brooks, and the broadcaster nina mikhalkov . oh, broadcaster nina mikhalkov. oh, and sir keir starmer's only gone and sir keir starmer's only gone and done it again. >> and the prime minister, the prime minister knows the he's forgotten who the prime minister is already. >> now get get ready britain. here we go .

here we go. good evening. welcome to the show. now, the big question. i'll be asking shortly is, is it time to call a national youth crime emergency? but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 10:00, the grenfell tower fire, which killed 72 people, was a result of decades of failure. that's according to a long awaited report over almost 1700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies , government building companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed . calculated dishonesty and greed. a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of an 80

year old grandfather . bebe coley year old grandfather. bebe coley was attacked while walking his dog in franklin park, braunstone town, near leicester on sunday and later died in hospital . his and later died in hospital. his family say their hearts are broken now in the us, two students and two teachers have died after a shooting at a high school in georgia . these are school in georgia. these are pictures of apalachee high school in barrow county, which was put on lockdown this morning after reports of gunfire there. georgia state police say a 14 year old student at the high school is in custody after the shooting. the white house has now been briefed on the incident. director of the georgia bureau of investigation chris hosey, has more . reporter. chris hosey, has more. reporter. >> there are four individuals who are deceased from this incident, nine that have been taken to local hospitals with various injuries, of those that were have are deceased, two were students and two were teachers here at the at the school . as

here at the at the school. as the sheriff mentioned earlier this morning, the shooter is in custody. he is a 14 year old student here at the high school . student here at the high school. again, he has been taken into custody. he is he will be charged with murder and he will be tried as an adult back in the uk , rishi sunak, now leader of uk, rishi sunak, now leader of the opposition, has attacked labour's move to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. >> he faced off with sir keir starmer at the first prime minister's questions since parliament returned from the summer recess. the conservative leader accused the prime minister of taking money from low income pensioners and ploughing it into inflation busting pay rises for union workers. however sir keir starmer defended his decision to cut winter fuel payments, saying it's essential to stabilise the economy . and oasis have added economy. and oasis have added two new dates for wembley in 2025 after their tour sold out over the weekend. the band said tickets will be sold by a staggered invitation only ballot process . applications to join

process. applications to join the ballot will be opened first to the many uk fans who were unsuccessful in the initial sale. with ticketmaster, more details will follow. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in 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 sophia. now welcome to modern britain, where headunes to modern britain, where headlines of this kind are becoming all too common. this week, it emerged that the killer of 16 year old harry pitman, who died in a blink of an eye after being stabbed while out celebrating with his friends on new year's eve. the boy was also aged just 16. now he admitted stabbing pitman but argues it was self—defence. last thursday,

a boy aged just 13, was stabbed to death inside his own home in oldbury in the west midlands. and two teenagers have been charged with his murder. but it's not just knives. last march, four teenage gang members attempted to shoot and stab a man to death in broad daylight at an overground station in hackney in east london. afterwards, these killers. they didn't show any remorse. this is how they celebrated . how they celebrated. >> straight in my skin got pred >> straight in my skin got ripped from my. i ripped up . ripped from my. i ripped up. carry on screaming six in a party i'll slap me so i won't get put in a hearse. >> you won't get put in hearse. >> well they dance all the way to jail because they got 77 years between them . but look at years between them. but look at this shocking knife crime data from the youth justice board for the year ending march 2023. the latest data available. youth arrests are up by 9%. custodial sentences are up by 8% and behaviour management orders

while they're up by a staggering 32%. and those are the latest figures . but 32%. and those are the latest figures. but just imagine what they'll be like in march 2024 or even march 2025. we seem to be spiralling out of control . even march 2025. we seem to be spiralling out of control. in london, children as young as ten years of age now fear being stabbed. and my two children aged ten and 15, they're among them. how many times must i walk my kids past a bunch of flowers tied around the lamppost and explained to them that somebody else has been has been pointlessly killed on the streets of britain. for that reason, i believe it's high time to declare a youth crime emergency in the united kingdom. how many more lives must be cut tragically short by tearaway teens before we have the guts to declare a national youth crime emergency. and now let's get the thoughts of my panel. and my panel tonight is the director for the popular conservatives, mark littlewood, adam brookes,

the pub owner and businessman, and of course, nina myskow, the broadcaster. so welcome to the show, ladies and gentlemen. let's start with you this time, nina. the figures are staggering. they're shocking. we're seeing so many young people kill and be killed . and people kill and be killed. and the problem i have with this is, have we totally lost any sense of respect for law and order? is that what's driving it? >> that's partially it. but i would put it down to i mean, in general terms, parenting is not what it used to be. it absolutely is not. it used to be talk about kids in the old days. oh, he was badly brought up. you never hear that. now look at that recent case with the 11 year old boy who was caught up in the riots. and when it came to the court , his mum had gone to the court, his mum had gone off to ibiza. i know that's that's one case, but so are we talking about parenting? put that in a box. then you look at 14 years of tory rule. what did the tories do in, you know, in

2010, 2011, 2012? they dumped pretty much by drop by 69%. the youth, the youth centres , all youth, the youth centres, all all the places where kids could go and the playing fields have been sold off. so there's nowhere for kids to go. there's no. added to which , many years no. added to which, many years ago, before social media, the only influencers that kids had only influencers that kids had on them were from their parents, their teachers or their mates, and they'd fall in with the wrong crowd. perhaps now, through their phones, they have access to more of the wrong crowd. so you've got, you know, there's everything there . there's everything there. there's porn, there's andrew tate . so all of these tate. so all of these influencers are very hard for a parent who is trying to do the right thing, the responsible parent, to, to battle against, because first of all, they don't know what their kids are watching on their screens. and secondly, how can they counter that? >> mark littlewood so we've listed the tories, of course, a

lack of ping pong tables. of course. andrew tate, social media. are we ignoring something else? an elephant in the room here? we seem to have a huge cultural problem here. the facts are the facts and the facts are not racist. i want to dive into this because i think we need to address this topic head on. also, in that youth justice data i went through there or some other startling facts and figures, black children make up 6% of the population aged 10 to 17, but 12% of arrests and 26% of those children in custody twice as likely to be arrested, four times as likely to be incarcerated. is that ping pong tables? is that social media or is it something else? >> no, i mean, i don't accept that a lack of government spending is what has caused this problem. the government has spent more money year on year across the board. you've got to make trade offs for having all sorts of debates on gb news about whether pensioners or

railwaymen should get the money, but the government itself spends an utter fortune on a whole range of welfare services. >> excuse me, mark, but we were just talking the fact they cut it by 69%. so that's not a great deal of money. the money that was there was taken away. >> well, i'm not. >> well, i'm not. >> to which they cut the police force. >> i am bobbies, i'm taking from martin's influence. i'm not totally persuaded that more ping pong tables and youth clubs would would solve things. well, that's what you get in. youth centres would solve this problem . centres would solve this problem. i think that that the law and order and justice system in this country, not just for younger people, is practically broken now. it takes forever to get people to court . our now. it takes forever to get people to court. our prisons are full. i think actually , that's full. i think actually, that's not the fault of the conservatives. well, hang on, i mean , actually, maybe it's the mean, actually, maybe it's the fault of sir keir starmer. >> it's putting people in for facebook posts, but not people. >> well that's it. i also i also think we're probably we need to send fewer people to prison for longer is my general rule of thumb. but i'd say this as well. one area of agreement with nina is parental responsibility. and

it might be that culturally, that has lagged behind, but i actually think there should be legal requirements here. if your kid has done something completely out of control, i'm not holding you fully responsible for it. you can't completely control what your 13 year old son does, but i think you should be in part answerable for it. i think you should be in court. i agree with the kid, i agree, and if you can't give an explanation then there should be fines, punishments for the parents and brooks. >> but how does that work? if the parents aren't there? 95% of those in criminal gangs don't have an active father involved in their lives. 85% of young men in their lives. 85% of young men in jail don't have an active father involved. we hear a lot about toxic masculinity . andrew about toxic masculinity. andrew tate present, active, involved, positive role models. men don't get any talk about what you've spectacularly dodged the question there about the cultural issue. you have some experience in this. >> will you hold those people responsible? >> let's talk about it. >> let's talk about it. >> look, firstly, i think we need to explain to the viewers that andrew tate is not a reason

why people are carrying knives or stabbing people in this country. that's not the case, look, i'm, i'm a very vocal knife crime campaigner. i've got skin in the game. my father was murdered by a machete gang when i was 11. i've been stabbed. i've been around pubs and clubs all my life. i know, unfortunately, know more about this than most, we have got criminal gangs. well, young gangs roaming the streets of london and towns with zombie knives , machetes and swords . and knives, machetes and swords. and you're more likely to be arrested for online facebook post than some of those are now, we've got soft sentencing in this country. you know, we've had recent cases where people have been caught with machetes twice and they've still avoided jail. what is that about? look, we, there's a lot to blame. parents must take a lot of the responsibility. but our schools, why are they not teaching the consequences of crime ? now, if i

consequences of crime? now, if i were to say, you know, the school minister, i would make every school take take their kids to a prison once in their lifetime , scare them, show them lifetime, scare them, show them what a prison cell is , tell them what a prison cell is, tell them what a prison cell is, tell them what the consequences of their actions will be. a lot of kids do not realise. they do not understand. >> don't you think that that comes down to parents? it's up to parents to instil in their children the values and that actions have consequences. they're not there. >> absent parents is a huge issue. well, the thing is, david lammy report addressed this back. this is years and years ago . if the parents aren't there ago. if the parents aren't there to put their justice in what the state's meant to be the parents. >> i noticed that that when that 11 year old kid was was in court and his mother was absent, nobody said, and where is his father? i noticed that. >> so martin, having been having been, i think, unfairly accused of spectacularly dodging the question. let me address it full on. yes, of course, the lack of active two active parents is often strongly correlated. not just crime, but, you know, poor educational opportunities, long term lower income. if the father

can be identified and has not been active. i want to hear from this guy in court why your son's been doing going out doing this. you haven't spoken to him for five years. you haven't. you haven't overseen it . you are haven't overseen it. you are partially responsible. i'm not saying you literally lock up the parents as well, but the inactive father should have to explain through the judicial process how he was being negligent. >> the thing is with young teenage boys, i understand, is that if there is an imbalance in the family, if there is only one parent, it's generally the mother. okay. and what children crave actually are families. they want a balance. you know, a family is two parents. >> it's a balance . families on >> it's a balance. families on the street in the form of gangs. >> but the thing is exactly so they need a trial to find role models elsewhere. boys, boys go into a pack mentality. tribal girls. it's a different thing. girls go inwards and they become more anxious, more, self lacking

in self—esteem . and that that in self—esteem. and that that bnngs in self—esteem. and that that brings mental health issues. >> i work a lot, in boxing with community figures that are black. and that will say to me, we've got a terrible black on black violence problem and black youngsters carrying knives, and thatis youngsters carrying knives, and that is black individuals in the community saying, adam, we can say that . but if you go on telly say that. but if you go on telly and say that there are going to be some that are going to call you, you racist, as you as you said earlier, the stats are quite alarming, in that film, are you saying there's no white crime in terms of teenage boys? >> would you say that? >> would you say that? >> no. i'm asking you a question to paint me as a racist. >> no, no, i'm asking you a simple question . simple question. >> martin gave you the numbers, nina. it's disproportionate. no, it's not that. there's no white crime . i'll it's not that. there's no white crime. i'll give it's not that. there's no white crime . i'll give you some proportionality. >> it's going to change until we can speak about that. >> and i'll give you some more numbers now. and facts aren't racist. >> these are the facts. i'm asking the question in london, >> black londoners make up 13%

of the population. they also make up 45% of london's knife murder victims, 61% of knife murder victims, 61% of knife murder perpetrators and 53% of knife crime perpetrators. there is an issue and i just feel that we continually bury our head in the sands about it. the facts are the facts, and we can't address a problem unless we address a problem unless we address it factually. >> martin, i remember growing up looking at a police officer and thinking, oh my god, i don't want any trouble there. i've got to respect them. they were all six foot tall, huge. and you know, now some of our police officers can't even run five, five steps without, you know, being out of breath . they look being out of breath. they look terrible. they're not intimidating at all. and gangs look at that. they laugh on tiktok. they're mocking the police. yes, but the thing that is the society that we've got, we don't have bobbies on the beat that we used to have. >> we don't have community policing. we don't have. >> and there's too much form filling rather than actual police work. >> we have to leave it there

once again. fantastic, fantastic debate nina. adam. mark. superb stuff. now coming up, i'll have all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages with my panel. oh, and sir keir starmer. well, he's at it again. and the prime minister, the, the prime minister, the, the prime minister knows that i reveal which embarrassing mistake sir keir starmer keeps making in just a few moments time. but first, it looked like prince harry was all geared up to re—enter the royal fold. but now it's emerged that the duke of sussex wants an apology from prince william first. so will the warring brothers ever bury the warring brothers ever bury the hatchet? well, royal expert richard fitzwilliams got the inside track and he joins

next. welcome back to patrick christys tonight with me . martin daubney tonight with me. martin daubney standing in for patrick now, despite reports last week that the ginger winger, the duke of sussex , could be on the verge of sussex, could be on the verge of returning to the royal fold . returning to the royal fold. well, prince harry has reportedly thrown a spanner in the works by demanding an apology from his brother prince william , before any form of william, before any form of royal reunion will be possible. now it comes after the launch of meghan markle's lifestyle brand american riviera , or should hit american riviera, or should hit the brakes with the us patent office denying her trademark application, saying that businesses are not allowed to trademark geographic locations, including the nickname of the coastline around the sussexes santa barbara, california home. the american riviera. you couldn't make it up. and i'm

joined now by the royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, welcome to the show. always a delight. let's start with this preposterous demand for an apology from prince william. i think that's about as likely to happen as me flying to the moon. >> yes, it's quite extraordinary. i mean, it's utterly bizarre to be frank. and if it isn't true, if this is just a false report, the sussexes ought to specifically denyit sussexes ought to specifically deny it because i mean , it's as deny it because i mean, it's as you say, it's absolutely laughable . it takes me back, laughable. it takes me back, actually, to january of last yeah actually, to january of last year. at the time that spare was being launched , and harry gave being launched, and harry gave an interview to the telegraph, and there he laid out a variety, i thought a very controversial thoughts. they included the fact that he wanted an apology and he was calling out, i quote the royal family , you know what you royal family, you know what you did? and i now know why you did

it. and you've been caught. so just come clean. precisely what you'd make of that, of course, is to some extent one's own interpretation. but obviously it was the way he felt meghan was being treated. and then the interview went on, almost unbelievably, to say that he was doing this for george, charlotte and louis as though william and catherine were inadequate parents. the whole thing was ridiculous. he was saving the monarchy from itself. the whole thing was just unbelievable. then it's quite extraordinary now, especially with two members of the royal family seriously ill, that this sort of thing will raise its head now. >> and meanwhile, richard, there might be a right royal tip of the hat to the us patent office. they've firmly rejected , they've firmly rejected, rebuffed the approach for the sussexes trademark on the american riviera orchard brand. marvellous stuff. tell us more. >> well, i would have thought that, for example, something like this and you explained it earlier, the fact that you can't

apparently use the name of a county or specific place in your , county or specific place in your, youn county or specific place in your, your, in your lifestyle brand, i mean, it is rather extraordinary that none of the sussexes administrative team, it's this is a sort of basic thing that they would know. no one appears to have looked it up or discovered it. so they've now had the setback in american riviera orchard. i mean, we know that meghan's been, sending jams to celebrities and by the way, had remarkably few endorsements. but nonetheless, this was supposed to be her big thing. and it would tie in, we thought, with a netflix programme on cookery. it looks as if it's going to be very considerably delayed, and possibly the name may well have to change. absolute chaos clearly . absolute chaos clearly. >> and richard, this may help explain why none of this jam ever came to light. i mean, for my sins, i actually quite fancied a taste of it just to see what all the fuss was about. it seems, as you're right now,

the absolute basics of any business is that you get all your trademarks tied up, you get your trademarks tied up, you get your website domains tied up, your website domains tied up, you make sure you do all this groundwork before you go to market. this is total and utter incompetence. >> oh yes indeed. and also you have to ask, whereas meghan has always strongly denied any accusations that she is, shall we say, difficult to work for, there has been quite a turnover of people working for the sussexes over the years, and you do wonder also whether the right ones have been chosen . that's ones have been chosen. that's another issue. otherwise something like this would just not happen. >> and richard, there's a final point in this. i expect an apology story and apparently, the prince harry would be prepared to work for the royals and join the firm if the king apologise. that's even less likely. >> i think myself that this report is, shall we say, a little economical with the truth? because this is just a

pure fantasy . the royal family pure fantasy. the royal family is the world's most high profile. there's no question that the oprah interview with the harry and meghan netflix documentary with spare, and those disastrous interviews that harry did to promote it, and he made a fool of himself in part of the book. in my opinion, and put some very ill advised things in. but at least he hasn't put 400 pages of well , what he said 400 pages of well, what he said he took out on the same interview with the telegraph, he boasted that he'd done so . that boasted that he'd done so. that seemed to me to be a threat. i just hope that the sussexes realise that reconciliation one day would be very, very significant. but there is no way back for them at the moment. and foreseeably and i'm sure that king charles feels the same . king charles feels the same. >> can i very quickly ask you, richard, do you think that prince harry is feeling like a bit of a spare himself, rattling around, playing second fiddle to meghan continually? >> well, now, this, of course, is something that people have been speculating on. i have to

say that with invictus, that's fair . that is a say that with invictus, that's fair. that is a remarkable achievement. and then, of course , achievement. and then, of course, there's wellchild and also sentebale in lesotho. i think he was attached to all of those before he was married. there's no doubt that meghan is very often appears to be taking centre stage. i think they work well enough as a team. but the problem that harry has, he's only got one project that i know specifically for netflix and that deals with polo. it's an elitist sport and i doubt he'll get massive numbers of viewers, rather like the invictus , for rather like the invictus, for series for netflix, which, yes , series for netflix, which, yes, it had fascinating stories, but it had fascinating stories, but it was some 5 to 6 hours long and people didn't tune in. if they're going to keep their contract, it expires next year. they must do work and let's hope, for the sake of the royal family, that there's some sort of balance, because otherwise you never know what else may be written. may an interview may come out . they're completely come out. they're completely unpredictable, but there's also a ruthless streak. and that i

find deplorable. >> we've got to leave it there. royal commentator richard fitzwilliams i think, like most people watching, i'd rather prune a tree with my teeth than watch six hours of netflix with a scissors. thanks very much for joining us. always a pleasure. now coming up is tomorrow's newspapers, front pages. they're flying in and my panel of experts are on standby to give me their unrivalled analysis. oh and who's really running the country and the prime minister? >> the, the prime minister knows that. >> yes. i'll sir keir starmer's latest

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grenfell a disaster caused by grenfell a disaster caused by dishonesty and greed. next up is the daily mirror , which is also the daily mirror, which is also majoring on the same story, of course. and it has that same very, very powerful picture of the 72 deceased. and the headune the 72 deceased. and the headline simply reads now get them justice. and the same story is covered by the eye and again, they're majoring on that mosaic of the 72 perished in that tragic

of the 72 perished in that tragiit will take them 18 months that it will take them 18 months to look through this report before they even consider any prosecutions. in my view, justice delayed is justice denied and this should have happened much, much more rapidly. i hope justice is actually served, but serving it something like ten years after the event is not good enough. >> nina, i spoke to an advocate of the families earlier on. they said precisely that and very, very movingly said that this seven year delay has as decreased the chance of a justice. they want corporate manslaughter charges. they want individuals to be jailed for what happened. they also want this cladding to be banned throughout anywhere in the world. but of course, they were pointing out very, very pertinent point that this might not make the grade in britain. so it's been shipped abroad and been used in countries with far less stringent building control systems. so the problems have been solved. the problem is being moved, but in terms of getting justice, do you think that's the right route to go

down? actually jailing people for this? >> absolutely. if people are found criminally lacking, then then they should be prosecuted. it is it is you people have got to be held to account. you cannot have a situation where where people die through negligence. it continues negligence. it continues negligence from they've been, as you said, they've been let down by everybody. and the trouble, as you say, you're quite right. we kick things into the long grass very often. how long did the hillsborough disaster take that? that literally took decades. i don't think that's the situation, because you need to find out the facts. you do need to know that. but by calling a public inquiry like this, it meant that all prosecutions and any criminal, were paused are going to be delayed. >> adam. and the point is, successive governments of every political colour failed. you know, the conservatives, the coalition, the labour party, this came in pre blair. now the labour party are in power again

the book i guess thoughts of them. sir keir starmer said very clearly today that they will make sure that justice is served well. >> it has to be because now the time frame is going to be within their five years. but look, it's very , very hard to imagine the very, very hard to imagine the pain and the suffering of these families when you don't know someone that's involved and you see grenfell and you can be sort of immune from that, that pain. now they've put the faces on the front of these newspapers, newspapers. i think is very powerful. and it should remind people that life is very short and that tomorrow is never promised. and to love your loved ones and appreciate what you've got, because this is one of the worst tragedies that this country has ever seen. >> well, let's move on now to the daily telegraph if we could. and they're majoring on the genenc and they're majoring on the generic being the front runner in the tory leader race, mark littlewood, have to come to you as the director of popular conservatives. what's your take on jenrick being the front runner ? i was rather surprised, runner? i was rather surprised, as ann widdecombe was, that

priti patel was the first horse to fall. >> yeah, i wasn't too surprised. and actually i noticed on your news bulletins everyone's been saying he only got 14 votes. in fact, the gap between first and last wasn't that great that all of the vote shares were clustered. i'm not wholly surprised. it is difficult from these numbers to work out who these numbers to work out who the final two will be. i think actually james cleverly did a little bit better than expected . little bit better than expected. he came a solid third, only, i think, one vote behind kemi badenoch, tom tugendhat perhaps did a little worse than expected . did a little worse than expected. but what's likely to happen now? martin is although it's not really right to say that the conservatives have two tribes, the one nation lot and the drive they've got six, haven't they? but they sort of eventually the various different groups gather together and you're likely to see, i think one of generic badenoch on the ballot and then probably one of tugendhat cleverly and stride and cleverly's got himself into quite a good position here. but

jenrick robert jenrick will be delighted that he topped the poll. that puts momentum with him. he only needs. i think it's 41 votes to be absolutely guaranteed to be on the ballot. i think he'll make it. >> can i can i ask you, adam, quickly, does it does any of this make any difference? i hear all the time from conservative members . they think, well, these members. they think, well, these are the same old people reheated . are the same old people reheated. either we need someone new or they're just going to vote for reform as someone that was a conservative voter in 2019. >> i think the only person there that that maybe have lured me back into the party. if she had been tough and got in, was pretty patel, i loathed her. >> i have to tell you that i don't, but i've met her. >> i thought she was a nice person as well. she's tough talking. she's a conservative. jenrick. the last year or so i've been very impressed by him. his rhetoric on immigration and challenging the narrative on illegal immigration has been pretty powerful, before that, i wasn't such a fan. but look, if

he becomes conservative leader and he pushes on with that and talks the talk, i think they might have a chance of getting some reform voters back. >> you're itching to get in far away. >> the fact of the matter is, they're pretty second rate in terms of politicians. they don't have. none of them has the stature they really don't. and what makes me laugh is that there's only 121 conservative mps . so who honestly cares that mps. so who honestly cares that keir starmer has the stature? he certainly has the stature . and certainly has the stature. and let me tell you, he made he made a wonderful speech about grenfell today. i watched it live. it was very powerful, very moving. and rishi sunak acknowledged how the reason this matters , irrespective of whether matters, irrespective of whether you're sympathetic to the conservative party or not, is, as the official opposition , the as the official opposition, the government needs to be held to account. >> that's the way our adversarial democratic process works and you might have different views. i actually think all six candidates are pretty good in their own

different ways. very good actually. and it matters whether you think the conservatives will win the next election or not. i actually think they've got a chance. the labour party's already starting to tank in the opinion polls, but irrespective of that, irrespective of which side of the fence you're on, this job matters because cross—examining the government on a day to day basis is a vital part of our. >> well, i would have said rishi sunak was was better than all of them, frankly. >> all right. we've got to move on because now, what's the most embarrassing foot and mouth moment that you've ever had? forgetting the name of someone you're talking to at a party? well, spare a thought for poor old sir keir starmer, who has a severe case of deja vu during prime minister's question times earlier on today. let's have a look here. >> this issue it requires serious consideration and the prime minister knows the legal framework that has to be kept under review . it's the same test under review. it's the same test for all licences that the prime minister knows. and i don't think the prime minister is really inviting me to put that to one side. we have to the leader of the opposition . leader of the opposition. >> there you go. five times he refers to rishi sunak as the

prime minister. nina. force of habit, force of habit. >> the guy's been doing this for four and a half. nearly five years, with boris johnson, with rishi sunak, with, god forbid, liz truss. and he's, you know , liz truss. and he's, you know, that's what he's been accustomed to saying. he'll grow out of it by next week. don't you worry. >> i will have you be so forgiving if a conservative made the same mistake. >> forensic. he's not so forensic now, is he, martin? >> there we go. >> there we go. >> yeah, it's quite a mistake. i wonder whether psychologically keir starmer actually prefers being leader of the opposition. >> i've got to say, i still sing god save the queen. i think it's just like deep, deep muscle memory . yes, that's true. and memory. yes, that's true. and normally when i sing it, i've had a few sherbets. yeah. thank you very much. panel. now coming up, i'll have the rest of tomorrow's front newspaper pages. and the oasis reunion has finally hit parliament and the prime minister, the prime minister knows that. now, is it really the government's responsibility to crack down on ticketmaster? my panel will debate that after

ticketmaster? my panel will debate that their ticketmaster? my panel will debate that the little green man. know about the little green man. totally saying ex—presidents pledge on ets. he's basically saying here, if he gets into power, he will release the entire us database on everything about aliens. sure to be a huge vote winner, no doubt. >> what a fruit loop. >> what a fruit loop. >> yeah, well, why don't we start now? let's not start with that. and in the spirit of good taste, let's go to the times. more on on grenfell , killed by more on on grenfell, killed by greed and corporate dishonesty. the same in the express 72. killed by dishonesty , killed by dishonesty, indifference, complacency. this is dominating almost all of the front pages. >> well, you know , the awful >> well, you know, the awful thing was that when the residents complained , about, you residents complained, about, you know, the tower being a fire hazard, they just weren't taken seriously. nothing was done. so it got to this, got to that stage where they were complaining and saying, look , complaining and saying, look, this is they didn't know about

cladding. they didn't know anything about that. but they said, this is this is a fire hazard. i mean, that is that is thatis hazard. i mean, that is that is that is criminal negligence not to take these things seriously. it really is. >> okay. now let's move on to some good news for the millions of oasis fans that failed to secure tickets for the band's reunion tour last weekend because the britpop legends have added a further two dates to their tour next year. but it's not such good news for ticketmaster, which has come under fire for its dynamic pricing model, which sees prices increase when demand is high and supply is low. now that system has been slammed by disgruntled oasis fans and today the issue even reached parliament last week. >> ticket selling websites like ticketmaster left millions of oasis fans furious. ticketmaster left millions of oasis fans furious . this oasis fans furious. this profiteering at fans expense is not a one off. the co—operative party's campaigning for a new licensing body with real teeth to tackle this online touting. it is depressing to hear of

price hikes. >> i am committed to putting fans at the heart of music and end extortionate price resales, and we are starting a consultation to work out how best we can do this . best we can do this. >> don't you think it's astonishing that getting tickets for a gig or not is actually being mentioned in parliament? now, this labour party seems to want to get involved in every interface of our life, but is it really the government's job to give a damn about whether or not people got oasis tickets? >> it's the end of days, martin. i mean, this is the mother of parliaments, and we're talking about the gallagher brothers and about the gallagher brothers and a p0p about the gallagher brothers and a pop concert and how they allocate their tickets. dynamic pricing is a very efficient and sensible way of selling a service or a product. you need to think of it a bit like an auction. if you go to an auction house, you know what the starting price is. but depending on how many people bid it up, it might go for ten times that. that's that's really all oasis have done here. i mean, i think they probably did mess up by not

informing customers what it was. it's a bit awkward if you're in a queue for five hours and you get to the front of the queue and the price has changed, but if there are a limited number of tickets and millions of people who want to go, you have a pricing mechanism. the idea that this comes up at prime minister's questions, given the severity of a whole range of problems the country faces, i despair. >> and nina, isn't that the point? you know , we've got such point? you know, we've got such endless problems. we've been discussing them on the show. we've got teen knife crime epidemic, we've got the grenfell disaster. the labour government cares more. it seems , about cares more. it seems, about stopping you having a fag outside a football match, or whether or not you get a ticket. no. zara sultana, a labour backbenchen no. zara sultana, a labour backbencher, she said nationalised ticketmaster. >> unbelievable . >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >> the thing is, you know, i understand about market forces. i mean airline tickets , holidays i mean airline tickets, holidays you know, are package holidays dunng you know, are package holidays during school, summer holidays the prices go up. i understand that market forces, but when it gets to be sort of capitalism, run completely riot . it is, it run completely riot. it is, it is. and taking advantage of people, taking real advantage of

people. it seems financially they've taken advantage of you. >> you don't have to go to an oafis >> you don't have to go to an oasis concert, for crying out loud. >> they are preying on people. >> they are preying on people. >> let's nationalise oasis as well as ticketmaster . well as ticketmaster. >> there's a bigger scandal in all of this , and this was all of this, and this was highlighted by my friend sacha lord, who is the night time tsar of manchester hotels. and it's the hotels people that had existing bookings in the hotels near these concerts had their bookings cancelled and then were offered the rooms back at 3 or 4 times the rate. that is a disgrace. that maybe should be brought up in parliament. that's criminal in my opinion. >> well, hopefully they'll look at it at the same in the same light, a distraction. >> this is a distraction for keir starmer and labour away from their failures on crime, on immigration and him tanking in the polls. >> they haven't had long enough to fail. >> well then don't waste a minute of time on oasis pop concerts then. >> i mean, you know, this is part of our national culture. >> like it or not, it is a young

people actually , mostly middle people actually, mostly middle aged men are the ones who are are leaving no space in our lives now in which politicians do not wish to intrude. >> keir starmer said he was going to tread a little less , a going to tread a little less, a little more lightly on our lives. he seems to be treading much more heavily on every aspect of our lives on this , to aspect of our lives on this, to help people rather than hinder them. >> let's move on. this where champagne meets champagne socialism. now it's time to reveal today's greatest britain and also our union. jackass so let's start with you , mark. who let's start with you, mark. who are your nominees tonight for jackass and greatest? >> so you want me to start with greatest britain? yeah. so greatest britain? yeah. so greatest britain, honorary nomination. very rare for me. i'm giving it to a regulator. yeah. the us patent office you featured on the show earlier, who have rightly told meghan that she cannot own the intellectual property over the name of a piece of geographic land in the united states, rare to praise the regulator, but when they get it right, three cheers. >> adam.

>> adam. >> mine is an honorary nomination . it's gerald damien, nomination. it's gerald damien, the french interior minister, who's basically given us a few home truths on why we are a magnet for illegal migration. >> superb nomination, and over to you , nina. to you, nina. >> greatest britain is james corden today in the mayor of the pictures in barry and wales, of the filming that had started on the filming that had started on the very final episode of gavin and stacey, which comes out on christmas day. i think it's going to be and it's god knows we need some sunshine in our lives and that brings it. he and ruth jones have created these wonderful characters that have kept us going, and i am utterly thrilled . thrilled. >> okay, well, don't forget, he hasn't been in britain for most of the time. he's also a massive diva in nafta. off to hollywood. >> i don't care. he's providing gavin and stacey, which is perfect . perfect. >> okeydokey. well, why don't we then go to your union greatest britain winner. i'm going to go. i think i'm going to go with you, adam. yeah, i'm going with you. i'm going for the french foreign minister, gerald darmanin. he basically spoke as

the adult in the room by saying it is the endless freebies that are tempting people across the channel to britain. isn't it ironic in the spirit of the entente cordiale, that we're going to make a frenchman the greatest? >> i'm pretty confident that's the first time that a french politician has ever won that award, and i suspect it will be the last and it may be the last. >> now let's move on to the union jackass. >> the union jackass. you mentioned her a few moments ago. martin is zarah sultana, the labour mp for coventry south, who thinks that the a key priority for the government should be to nationalise ticketmaster. the government's struggled to run anything properly. the idea that they could run pop pop, concert ticketing is laughable. >> adam, my union jackass is keir starmer, the prime minister for calling rishi sunak the prime minister five times today in pmqs. he's not so forensic now. how. >> now. >> maybe he secretly wants out and nina, who's your nomination for the gallagher brothers? >> because by reuniting and getting all these gigs going,

they have given us the most bonng they have given us the most boring time. i am so bored of middle aged men saying definitely, maybe, as if everybody's heard that for the first time they have it is just. and the music is so derivative, i can't stand them. >> i think they'd be big fan of yours. >> i don't care , i couldn't give >> i don't care, i couldn't give a toss. >> i think we've established that i'm going to go with zora sultana. i think zora is a solid winner. and not only that does she want ticketmaster to be nationalised ? she also said this nationalised? she also said this week yesterday, in fact, that we should ban the sale of all arms to israel. she wants to go the full pro—palestine, so she wants to stop selling arms to israel and start selling oasis tickets to socialists . what could to socialists. what could possibly go wrong? thank you very much to my panel. we'll be back again tomorrow from 9 pm. i'll be covering up for patrick once again. next up, it's headliners, and after your weather with annie shuttleworth. i'll be back tomorrow thanks to my panel. nina adam. mark has

been superb. hope you've enjoyed tonight's show. i'll see you tomorrow. thank you. very good. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. at the start of a pretty wet period across southern areas with a warning in force all the way through until the end of friday. but it will remain quite dry actually across north and western areas we've got high pressure starting to build in from the north and west. we will develop an easterly wind over, so that's going to drag in some cloud across eastern areas of scotland, northeastern england, as well. overnight tonight further north and west though staying dry and clear across northern ireland and western areas of scotland as well as some northwestern areas of wales into the south, though some outbreaks of very heavy rain starting to develop. and we do have that warning in force. so potentially a bit of a fresh start to the day across northwestern areas of scotland,

but it's across the south with plenty of cloud around and outbreaks of heavy rain. we could see some travel disruption where we have got that warning in force . not everywhere is in force. not everywhere is going to see the rain all day, but where you do see it is likely to bring some surface water. could be quite a murky start to the day across eastern areas of scotland, as well as north eastern england, but plenty of sunshine across northern ireland. the western highlands as well as the islands throughout thursday. and it will feel quite warm in that sunshine with light winds. much better weather than we've had lately across these areas. and in fact, temperatures could climb higher than they have done since may by friday, across parts of the north—west, very different story, though. in the south, with outbreaks of heavy rain developing most likely to turn quite heavy across south western areas of england, south wales as well. so pretty dull day across the south for quite a big difference from the north—west. and a similar day to come on friday. further outbreaks of rain across the south. so we'd like to see further flooding issues and surface water. easterly wind will continue to

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which killed 72 people, was the result of decades of failure. that's according to a long awaited report over almost 1700 pages. the grenfell report reveals how missed opportunities by the government building companies, contractors and council staff turned grenfell into a death trap . families and into a death trap. families and survivors of the deadly blaze seven years ago say today's final damning report shows they were failed by calculated dishonesty and greed. a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of an eight year old grandfather. bim kohli was attacked while walking his dog in franklin park, braunstone town in leicester on sunday and later died in hospital. his family say their hearts are broken . rishi sunak, now leader broken. rishi sunak, now leader of the opposition , has attacked of the opposition, has attacked labour's move to axe the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. he faced off with sir keir starmer at the first prime minister's questions since parliament returned from the summer recess. the conservative

leader accused