gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 1:00 on sunday the >> good afternoon. it's1:00 on sunday the 8th of september. this is the weekend on gb news now . incredibly. this is the weekend on gb news now. incredibly. i this is the weekend on gb news now . incredibly. i can't believe now. incredibly. i can't believe this. today marks two years since the death of our beloved her majesty queen elizabeth. we'll be looking back at that amazing life and legacy and how the nation is faring. two years on from her passing and the annual trade unions , congress annual trade unions, congress kicks off this afternoon as rows over labour government's act of winter fuel payment continue to rage on, with the unions themselves now questioning the move. will keir starmer regret caving into the unions, and will

the winter fuel cut be his own personal poll tax.7 and as pimlico plumbers founder and self—made millionaire charlie mullins reveals, he is looking to leave the uk over labour's expected tax bulldoze in next week's budget, he joins us live in the studio to discuss his decision and why on earth the government seem so intent on driving wealth out of britain. and a damning new report exposes shocking bias from the bbc in its coverage of the israel—hamas war, with 1500 instances of bias reporting against israel identified. we'll be discussing is it time the bbc were held more to account .7 i'm dawn neesom more to account? i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend, and i hope you're having . hope you're having. a. so it is indeed the weekend.

hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there. thank you very much for joining weekend out there. thank you very much forjoining me on this sunday lunchtime, because this show is all about you. it's not about me or my brilliant panel. i'll have you or any of the guests. it's about you and your views. my favourite thing is talking to you as well, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're discussing today. really simple by visiting gbnews.com forward slash your say and join in our conversation keeping me company on today's show is the former editor of labourlist, peter edwards , and labourlist, peter edwards, and the brilliant journalist claire muldoon . peter is joining us muldoon. peter is joining us very soon. he's caught up in traffic, but before we get stuck into today's stories, here's the news with the very wonderful sophie reaper. >> thank you. dawn. it's 1:02 >> thank you. dawn. it's1:02 and these are your latest headlines. today marks two years since the passing of britain's longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth the second. she was on the throne for 70 years and was beloved by the nation and around the world. earlier today, the

king and queen arrived at crathie kirk church, where the late queen was a regular worshipper. charles and camilla attended the church near balmoral for a sunday service with prayer and remembrance for his late mother . the prime his late mother. the prime minister has hit out at the previous government this morning, saying the nhs has been broken in ways that he called unforgivable. these comments come as a labour commissioned review into how children are treated by the nhs, is due to be published in the coming week. speaking earlier to the camilla tominey shadow health secretary wes streeting set out labour's plan to tackle the nhs crisis. >> my reform agenda is about is about three big shifts out of hospital into the community, so we get the gp appointments that people need, the social care that people need, care closer to people's homes, better for patients, better value for taxpayers. it's a shift from analogue to digital . so we're analogue to digital. so we're not working with outdated systems and allowing the waste in the nhs to go unchallenged. and then thirdly, from sickness

to prevention, making sure we're supporting people not just to live longer but to live well for longer through good public health and prevention measures. those are the pillars of labour's reform agenda . labour's reform agenda. >> meanwhile, shadow health secretary victoria atkins told gb news that she's concerned labour are using this report to cover their plans to increase taxes. >> what concerns me about the way that labour is seeking to report this report is that they seem to be chasing headlines. you know, lord darzi is a very respected eminent surgeon. of course he is. also, it's fair to say, a former labour minister and a former labour peer. but this report should be about what the state of the of the nhs is and providing solutions and what worries me is that labour is using this report as cover for the tax rises they plan to raise on us all at the budget in october. >> last night donald trump spoke in wisconsin, a key area for his election campaign. the

republican presidential candidate pledged trade restrictions and to clamp down on immigration. trump was also critical of both current us president joe biden and his election opponent, kamala harris. here's what he had to say. >> how biden won i will never know. to me, it's one of the greatest miracles. to me, it's a greatest miracles. to me, it's a great miracle. but how the hell that guy won. but he won and he got in this one. he got 14 million votes. she got no votes. and then they put her in. anyway, the bosses put her in because she's controlled by them. but she will be the worst president. he is the worst president. he is the worst president in history. she will be worse than him. she will be worse than him. and trump is never wrong. i am never, ever wrong . wrong. >> back in the uk now, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain for much of england and wales that will remain in place until 6:00 tonight. they've said this means a small chance of power cuts and flooding in people's homes , with flooding in people's homes, with some areas expecting up to 60mm

of rain by the end of the day. the annual conference for the trade union congress is now underway in brighton. topics on the agenda will include protecting the right to strike, building a fairer economy and winning a better future for working people . oasis announced working people. oasis announced last night they would send out aniane last night they would send out an invite only registration form for people to join a private ballot for tickets. this comes after millions attempted to obtain tickets last weekend for the band's gigs next summer, but many were left disappointed. oasis and ticketmaster have also faced criticism following so—called dynamic pricing being used, leading to an investigation being launched. and we're now into the final day of the paralympics over in paris, where team gb have won a huge number of medals and they aren't done yet. the brits have won a number of medals in the kayaking today, a gold and silver in the women's 200m kl2, a gold in the women's 200m kl3 and a silver medal in the men's

200m vl3 event. so that is brilliant work from our kayakers. the closing ceremony will take place tonight over in paris with swimmer poppy maskell and taekwondo athlete matt bush carrying the flag for team gb those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm sophie reapen headlines. for now i'm sophie reaper. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophie. right. okay. let's get straight into today's story, shall we, incredibly, it is two years since we lost the queen. i just it feels like yesterday. i don't know about you, but it really feels like yesterday to me. her funeral was watched by over 4 billion people worldwide, and members of the public, including

myself, queued for some over 12 hours. not me, but i was there for six, unlike phillip schofield and holly willoughby, if i remember rightly, any case, some of you queued for 12 hours to see her lying in state, it is as i said, two years since the death of britain's longest reigning monarch and the ascension of our current king. obviously, charles the third, king charles this morning attended church near balmoral to pay attended church near balmoral to pay tribute to his late mother. so i'm asking today what is the late queen's legacy two years on from that passing? joining me now, i'm thrilled to say is someone that actually knew her is former royal butler grant. harold grant. thank you very much for joining harold grant. thank you very much forjoining me this much for joining me this afternoon, i don't know about you, but i've just been saying i cannot believe it is two years it has flown past. what does today mean to you? >> good afternoon , and thank you >> good afternoon, and thank you for having me on. you're right. i can't believe it . and she's. i can't believe it. and she's. you know, i'm lucky that i had

the opportunity to know her, to work for to her, spend time with her and her family. the extraordinary thing about the queen is one of my otherjobs extraordinary thing about the queen is one of my other jobs at the moment is i travel around the moment is i travel around the world on different ships. talking about my time with her late majesty and other members of the royal family and the wonderful feedback i get from so many people is that people that never even met her felt a connection or were deeply upset when she passed and they said, you know, we don't normally get upset about people that we don't know, but with the queen, everybody felt that they knew her and that was this remarkable gift that she had. even if you hadnt gift that she had. even if you hadn't met her, she still had some sort of way of impact on everyone's lives. and even, can i say, people that maybe were not fans of the monarchy. daryll neita . republicans who still neita. republicans who still respected her, even though they might not agree with monarchy, they still respected the queen. and that was something that was quite special about her. and that's something that i was , that's something that i was, again, as i said, lucky enough to get to know her personally and today it is quite sad

because, as you said , i can't because, as you said, i can't believe it's two years ago. and part of me still thinks that she's. you kind of want her to still reappear on the balcony or still reappear on the balcony or still see her, which obviously isn't going to happen, sadly. >> what is your overriding memory of her? obviously, it's impossible to pick out one single moment, but if you could sum up what she was like for you working with her. >> well , it's working with her. >> well, it's easy to sum up one of my favourite memories. i when i was a young, a young, young boy in scotland, i had a dream, an ambition. after watching a documentary about dancing with queen elizabeth and amazingly, 12 years later, i did that in balmoral castle, in the ballroom, which ironically and sadly, is always the way they placed her body. two years ago after she passed, which i found really moving. the fact that was my childhood dream and she allowed that to happen between her and can i say, queen camilla, that that's what happened. i got to dance with

her, but the thing about her also was her humour. and i think that's what people are beginning to understand. she had this. can i say, a wicked sense of humour. and what i mean by that is she would catch you unexpected. she would catch you unexpected. she would do things you didn't expect. well, look , she had tea expect. well, look, she had tea with paddington bear. how many of us did we expect to see that? and that's exactly what she was like. and very quickly it was also commented that when she did the james bond scene, the director at the time didn't give her any words or a script, and apparently she has said that she decided to say something . she decided to say something. she was quite horrified that there wasn't anything for her to say, so she improvised. and again, it's this way she used to catch people off guard also just with her humour. the things she used to do was hysterical and i used to do was hysterical and i used to find her absolutely great fun to find her absolutely great fun to be around always. you never knew what to expect and that was what was so much fun about her and even one of her private detectives told a story over the last couple of years about when was it? i think some american tourists bumped into her and was asking about had she ever met

the queen? and she got obviously her detective to kind of engage in conversation about the queen and the queen standing there. and that just shows you how kind of humour, which i absolutely love. >> and she has been accused of being a bit rude recently. >> i yeah, i don't know where this is coming from don. i never , this is coming from don. i never, ever experienced that. and i'm quite shocked that the person that said it because i just don't know what. why would you say that? >> it was the actor, sir ian mckellen, wasn't it? who said it? he met her. i think she was just making polite, small talk with him, but obviously he interpreted that way . interpreted that way. >> yeah. and do you know what, don? you probably appreciate this with the royal family. they've always got to go around smiling and getting on with the job no matter what's thrown at them . so maybe maybe they're them. so maybe maybe they're having a bad day on occasions and that might be picked up by someone. but she was never, ever rude. i mean, she was the complete opposite in my view. >> and grant, i don't know about you, but for me, it feels like since we lost her, everything's

gone a bit wrong for the family. >> you're absolutely right, don. this is what i've been saying to people recently. it's almost like since we've lost a. sadly, so many things have gone wrong, mainly due to health, which is, you know, it's sad. that's life, isn't it ? and i feel desperately isn't it? and i feel desperately sorry for the family for and anyone going through these health battles. but you're right. since we've lost the queen, it's almost like it's kind of fallen apart a little bit. but i have no doubt that in the coming months and years, the king and queen are very much kind of picking up those pieces. and look what an amazing job under the circumstances. you know, they're doing as well. and i think a lot of people i might be wrong, but i think a lot of people got a huge amount of respect for queen camilla having to step up and stand in on, on many occasions on behalf of the king. and if i can also say the princess of wales as well as princess of wales as well as prince william, so i think even though they're going through some really difficult times, i think they've earned the respect of the nation . and i'm sure the of the nation. and i'm sure the queen is up there somewhere, looking down, smiling and feeling very proud of what he

and the family have achieved in the last two years. despite what has been thrown at them. >> and there is a wonderful picture today of, king charles and queen camilla at balmoral at the highland games and he is laughing till he's crying. and that's just such a heartwarming thing, isn't it? >> you're right. actually, i'm staying in scotland just now with a friend that was at the games yesterday, and she actually said to me , it was actually said to me, it was wonderful to see how much fun they had yesterday and the laughter and despite again, everything that's going to be thrown at them, and also with this anniversary, which will be here, will be without any question, he will be struggling a little bit with that today because he adored his mother. he had an amazing relationship with her and i have no doubt today he'll be reflecting again at the service as well. but i have no doubt today with other members of the royal family, there will be very much reflecting and i'm sure remembering the good and the fun times as much as anything. yeah >> grant, quickly. just one final, final point. we obviously have to mention it. i mean, the situation between , william and

situation between, william and harry hasn't improved. i mean, how do you think the queen would feel about the disintegrating, continuing disintegration of the relationship? >> the queen would be devastated. there's no two ways about it. and part of me rydon without, you know, it's a terrible thing to say. i'm kind of glad in some ways. she's not here to see this because this would absolutely break her heart. family was everything to her, which is why she used to always be very strict about the family being together for christmas and easter and big events and occasions, and it was always said she was upset if the family went together. and that i absolutely think is true. i think the breakdown of the relationship between her grandchildren will deeply upset her, but i still hope, don, as i've said, probably before, i still hope that that time is a healer and somehow i'm not saying that he will return to royal duties, but i'm hoping for the family's sake that things will will eventually go back to some sort of normality. and i'm sure whether the queen is, she'll be be hoping and praying the same wherever she is. >> indeed. former royal mark lyall grant harold, thank you very much for joining lyall grant harold, thank you very much forjoining us, grant. thank you. thank you. okay. now

over to my panel. former editor of labourlist, peter edwards and journalist claire muldoon. thank you very much for coming in on your sunday afternoon. really appreciate your company. it's i as i keep saying, i still have to pinch myself, peter, that it is two years ago it feels like five minutes. we were we all remember where we were when it was like, you know, it was confirmed that we had lost the queen. >> well, for most of us, up to people of a certain age, she was the only monarch we'd ever known. it's only very old people that can remember a different monarch. and it was very interesting to hear that interview, because it was such a long reign and such a long life, but it was a life of public service. and, you know, we've all got our different ways of speaking and memories of the queen. but for me, it's about duty. if you want to pick one word, duty. and as a churchgoer, she was also a very noble christian servant. but she did that quietly through her deeds rather than through giving big speeches. and really, she gave lessons through her behaviour, just going about things the right way. public service, much like the duke of edinburgh and the thing that makes me chuckle

about duke of edinburgh, who died slightly before the queen was he retired aged 97. >> i know , i know, that is >> i know, i know, that is dedication to duty, isn't it ? dedication to duty, isn't it? and claire, obviously she delights. she died in her beloved scotland, she did a country she loved very much. she adored scotland, much like the late great queen victoria as well. and balmoral really was her stately home. she really felt at home there , and i think felt at home there, and i think that as a woman, i think the queen extrapolated absolutely everything and evidenced everything and evidenced everything of a good, strong mother. >> she was mother of the nation . >> she was mother of the nation. she her duty, as you said, quite rightly, said peter, she was renowned for her duty and her service, and that servitude, that essence of service, is gone in public discourse at the moment. if only some of our elected and unelected heads of state operated with such dignity as she did then, i don't think we would be facing the absolutely horrific, horrific,

issues that we have at the moment in the world. if people just were to take that step back, to where think about things. and she was very wise. she was an incredibly wise woman. i'm not a great fan of king charles ii , i, you know, king charles ii, i, you know, i just think there's issues there. i'm not a massive monarchist either . but i i'm not a massive monarchist either. but i do think when queen elizabeth died, we lost an amazing woman . amazing woman. >> i mean, that's such an important point, isn't it, peter? the fact that it was, as you said, that that dedication, that duty, the fact that, philip retired in his late 90s and as i said, to grant, we appear to have lost something since we lost both of those people. and everything feels slightly wrong, and i can't quite put my finger. is it ? it can't and i can't quite put my finger. is it? it can't just be because we've lost, as you said, something that was so constant in our lives. >> yeah, i wouldn't quite put it in those terms, because i think the thing about the royal family is, they're very different to the rest of us, but they're also

the rest of us, but they're also the same. and i have perhaps a lot more sympathy for king charles, who's unwell at the moment. but, you know, they had the challenges that we all face, marriage, but also divorce, love, but also disagreements , love, but also disagreements, issues around money. clearly their starting point financially is different to the rest of us. issues around housing, estrangement. so despite living a life that is different to everyone else in the whole world, they still had some of the same family issues that everyone watching this can identify with. and i think the queen you're where you're correct is she held it all together. remember briefly, one of my first memories, 1992, what's called the annus horribilis, where one of her children was divorced and windsor castle almost burnt down? it was, you know, almost destroyed. but the queen was a constant and calm and steadfast. and it showed that, yes, they're bigger and richer and under, unfathomable levels of scrutiny, but they face the same challenges as lots of other families because they're human. >> they're human beings as well. >> they're human beings as well. >> yeah, they're human. well, thank you very much for that. now, for all the best analysis

and opinion on that story and much more, please do go to our website, which is @gbnews. com i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. and there's loads more coming up on today's show. the annual trade unions congress kicks off in brighton today as that ongoing row labour planned cuts to winter fuel payment just rages on and on. now the unions were involved as well, questioning the move and whether it's right. but will keir starmer regret caving into the unions and will the winter fuel cut be his own personal poll tax? all of that and much more to come. this is gb news britain's news channel. we'll see you very

soon. hello and welcome back to the weekend with me. dawn neesom, i hope you're having a lovely weekend out there. thank you for joining me. now we are going to go down to talk to adam cherry ,

go down to talk to adam cherry, who is alive at the tuc conference, for us to find out what's going on there. are you there, adam, i am. hello adam. we're coming to you nice and quick. just catch you on the hop down there. right. okay. tuc conference kicks off today. what are we expecting from them ? are we expecting from them? >> yeah. so we're here until wednesday. the prime minister here is here himself on tuesday. really? it's an interesting one because on the one hand, this is the first tuc congress under a labour government for 15 years. so there is a bit of a spring in the step of the people coming here. but on the other hand, the steps that the government are taking at the moment, with cuts to the winter fuel allowance and the level of the pay rises that have been given to public sector workers, they want more on the latter point, and they're very concerned, they say, about the winter fuel cut. so there's going to be a proposal on that. on an amendment on the exhibition floor here, or rather in the main hall. they're going

to vote on it. it's been backed by unite, which is one of the biggest unions in the country. and it's being held that vote on the same day that the prime minister is here. so it's not as if they're walking in lockstep entirely. there may be a bit of confrontation here. it's hard to say at the moment because it doesn't really kick off until tomorrow. so it's fairly quiet for now. but i would expect that that will that will develop over the next couple of days. there was a press conference earlier today with the general secretary, paul nowak, and he said he had, quote, real concerns about that cut . and not concerns about that cut. and not really much of a surprise, is it, because this is being framed as a necessary step to fund those pay rises for public sector workers, which the unions here say don't go far enough anyway? >> adam. sorry. when did you say we're expecting keir starmer to be there ? be there? >> that's on tuesday and we have angela rayner here tomorrow. and and ellie reeves, the party chair is here tonight. right. >> because unusually for labour party ministers and, and they are going to get a hard time from the unions who literally support the labour party as

well. aren't they . well. aren't they. >> well, that's what makes it strange, isn't it. yeah. is that the first time in 15 years that this has happened ? you would this has happened? you would think it would be milk and honey from the taps, but actually it's not because of the steps, the unpopular steps that the prime minister says he's willing to take. even today, he said as much. so there there is. it will be strange to see how he handles that on tuesday, but he will be gone by the time the vote on the winter fuel allowance is actually taken, so he doesn't have to suffer the embarrassment of being here whilst that kicks off. but nonetheless, the vote is happening at the same. the vote in the commons is happening on the same day, so it will be an interesting one. >> very interesting day. thank you very much. adam cherry down in brighton as the tuc conference kicks off, officially kicking off tomorrow, but adam is obviously helping them set up, okay, so we'll have to do my marvellous panel with me and peter edwards and clare mauldin. peter, i'm going to come first to you on this one. given your labour list, i've been to congress many times. yes. okay. and is it a fun place to be? i

mean, do you have angela rayner getting up on stage and giving it large, >> well , the discos tend to be >> well, the discos tend to be in the evening, i'd say, much as i enjoy congress and the labour party conference, anyone who's been to any party conference of any type will say they're very hot. a lot of time in a suit, a bit of a lack of fresh air and a lot of food that looks slightly past its best. so it's one idea of fun, but but let's go to substance . it's very interesting substance. it's very interesting to hear that discussion. i think there's a there's always a lot of myth making around labour conference and then tuc congress in cast your mind back to tony blair, when labour prime ministers, not leaders of the opposition, when labour prime ministers go and address the unions, certain newspapers work themselves up into a lava with phrases like caving in or union paymasters, blah blah blah. there's only one stakeholder group that matters to a labour prime minister, and that is called the electorate. and they denve called the electorate. and they derive a benefit from going to speak to the trade unions and sending a tough message about compromise. and pragmatism and limited funds. and just as tony blair did, that, i would expect

something similar from keir starmer . something similar from keir starmer. because remember all this and, you know, we've all got different views on some of the policy stance. there's still a deficit of £87 billion that has to be reckoned with okay. >> all right. well the front page of the sunday express, you know some of the people paying for that will be pensioners. and the front page of the sunday express today are saying winter fuel storm is labour's poll tax. i mean, we know that it's a ludicrous comparison. right. okay. why do you say that the winter fuel allowance is a universal benefit that is paid to poor pensioners and it's paid to poor pensioners and it's paid to people like lord alan sugar, a very successful businessman and even people like lord sugar say it's ludicrous that he is in receipt of universal benefit. >> like the winter fuel allowance when he's so well off. >> but this is going to affect 10 million pensioners in this country who will be expected to survive on many of them just over 11,500 pounds a year, over 4000 pensioners died of the cold last year . last year. >> it's a real concern and we've all got to be honest and like the cold hurts you and the cold can kill you and that's why i'd

expect to see this policy evolve a bit before the budget, which is not for another 7 or 8 weeks. on october 30th, martin lewis, a consumer champion who's not allied to a political party, suggested one tweak. and we basically have means testing based around council tax bands. i think it will change a bit before the time rachel reeves delivers her first budget. >> so do you think they'll tweak it but not ditch it? because, i mean, you've got up to 30 labour mps set to rebel. you've got the house of lords even saying we're going to try and block this in any way we can. so you think he will actually just tweak it rather than flip flop, as keir starmer has done in the past? >> well, for the reasons you set out for two reasons. first of all, the political point is, you know, that was one of the few critiques that might have landed on keir as leader of the opposition, that he changed his mind. in reality, everyone from baroness thatcher to david cameron changed their mind. it's kind of a sign you have the mind. >> it does do it slightly more than it has to be said. >> i don't think he'll change substantively on this, but it goes back to this other point that, you know, we all have different views. again, of the

tories and how they handled covid, but but there's a deficit of £87 billion. and from memory we're spending more on debt interest not the deficit . we're interest not the deficit. we're spending more on debt. interest on the deficit of 87 billion. >> what's that refer to exactly. >> what's that refer to exactly. >> so that means in each financial year, the british government is spending £87 billion that it doesn't have. and it has to borrow that then from the markets. and the debt is the accumulation of all the deficits you rack up every year. so if you're overspending year after year, as british governments left and right have done, you end up with a large debt and then you pay interest on it as well, which runs into billions. right, okay. >> and then and then labour. keep going on. we weren't aware of this 20 billion, 21, 22 billion, whatever figure you want to believe black hole. and but everyone else was but they weren't. >> well there's i mean i don't want to spend ages on that because we'll go down cold. but but there's a political row over the 20 billion figure that labour said they'd quote unquote, uncovered. and i've got a lot of sympathy for that point of view, because the office of budget responsibility, these are the people who are independent. they're a quasi regulator. they're a quasi regulator. they're not tied to party

politics, and they can only do annual forecasts . so a new annual forecasts. so a new chancellor coming in gets updated information that's not in the public domain. >> right. okay. clare, i mean, so peter would have it tweaked . yeah. >> but interestingly, peter, you said that the labour government is only is only focused on one thing and that's the electorate who voted for them, i would say. and i don't think that that is the message that they've previously sent out to the trades unions and, and the trade unions themselves . think of unions themselves. think of aslef, think of the junior doctors, think of whatever, because they have given them. i would say they've given in to them. so i don't think they've sent out any stern message at all other than they're a bit of all other than they're a bit of a soft touch. >> but you have to bear in mind that many nhs unions are not affiliated to the labour party , affiliated to the labour party, but that's neither here nor there. >> i mean, the government has given in to them and given in to their demands. >> no it hasn't. it's very important to say that's wrong. doctors demanded 35% for full pay doctors demanded 35% for full pay restoration, i.e. they'd have the same pay in real terms

as a decade ago. wes streeting gave a one word answer to that, which was no. >> but peter , they did give 15%. >> but peter, they did give 15%. okay, it's ratified over a certain number of years. however the doctors have now come back as a counteroffer and said actually , yeah, we'll take the actually, yeah, we'll take the 15%, but we're going to go on strike again until we get the 35. it's still an awful lot of money. and i'm sorry, but a train driver earning £70,000, working four days a week when the rest of us have to scrimp and save. i'm sorry. i might actually become a train driver. >> well, we will be coming back to this subject because a lot of people do get very angry. and if you would like to join that debate, it's very easy to do so. gbnews.com/yoursay but now there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but first, it's time for the news headlines with sophie reaper. >> thank you. dawn, it's just after 1:30. and now it's time for your latest headlines. today marks two years since the passing of britain's longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth the second. she was on

the throne for 70 years and was beloved by the nation and around the world. earlier today, the king and queen attended crathie kirk church near balmoral, where the late queen was a regular worshipper. they were there for a sunday service with prayer and remembrance for his late mother. prime minister sir keir starmer has hit out at the previous government this morning, saying the nhs has been broken in ways that he called unforgivable . that he called unforgivable. these comments come as a labour commissioned review into how children are treated by the nhs is due to be published in the coming week. speaking earlier, health secretary wes streeting said we need to make our nhs fit for the future. he was also asked about labour's plans for vat on private school fees, after one parent has launched legal action against the government. here's what he had to say. >> schools can't say they weren't warned. we did make it very clear and the priority for this money is to invest in the state. education that benefits the 93% of pupils in this country, including the most

vulnerable and disadvantaged. so that's the thrust of the policy. that's the government's agenda . that's the government's agenda. it's for the 93% at state schools, not simply the 7% at independent schools. and people were forewarned. so they can't complain now . complain now. >> meanwhile, shadow health secretary victoria atkins told gb news she is concerned labour are using this report to cover their plans to increase taxes. >> what concerns me about the way that labour is seeking to report this report is that they seem to be chasing headlines. you know, lord darzi is a very respected eminent surgeon. of course he is. also it's fair to say, a former labour minister and a former labour peer. but this report should be about what the state of the of the nhs is and providing solutions and what worries me is that labour is using this report as cover for the tax rises they plan to raise on us all at the budget in october. >> and finally, the met office

has issued a yellow weather warning for rain for much of england and wales that will remain in place until 6:00 tonight. they've said this means a small chance of power cuts and flooding in people's homes, with some areas expecting up to 60mm of rain by the end of the day. so if you're out and about, make sure you've got your waterproof with you . that's all from me for with you. that's all from me for now. now it's back to dawn 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

>> hello. welcome back. hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there. this is indeed the weekend with me. dawn neesom on gb news now. a real thrill for you. pimlico plumbers founder and self—made millionaire charlie mullins has said that he will look to sell

his £12 million london penthouse and move his assets out of the uk in response to labour's anticipated tax ambush. remember, things can only get worse in next month's budget. this is just one of the many reports this week of wealthy business people planning to ditch the uk over plans to ravage the nation with tax hikes. why on earth are labour suddenly , seemingly so suddenly, seemingly so determined to drive wealth and prosperity out of britain? and have they actually done a risk assessment on this and how much it's going to cost the rest of us? so let's talk to charlie now. thank you so much for coming in, charlie. i really appreciate your time. now, lots and lots of people have been getting in touch, and they're looking forward to hearing what you've got to say because, you know, you are literally quitting the uk. i mean, you know, you're a proud brit. you love this country, but you've had enough. >> yeah. well, i think, you know, like myself and many others, we've. enough's enough. and i'm not doing anything wrong. i'm actually, you know, i'm not going to avoid tax, but obviously on the basis of what

labour want to introduce about increasing capital gains from 20% to 40 or 45%. so they're going to cut your profit down by half. they're also talking about the inheritance tax that may go up to 40%, yeah. i just think it's unacceptable. and i think that, you know, why why why should we sort of work hard and let them waste all our money? >> and you have worked hard. i mean, you grew up in the south london council estate. you founded pimlico plumbers , which founded pimlico plumbers, which you sold for £140 million. i think it was. >> was it a little bit less than that? >> a little bit less. well, who's quibbling when you were in your millions? and you paid 21, 22.1 million in capital gains tax and income tax on that, didn't you. >> yeah, i think nearly 23. >> yeah, i think nearly 23. >> yeah. so you're not you're not on you know, a non—dom. you've paid your way. >> i've complied with the tax regulations all my life since i've been, you know, since i was born here, obviously, and i'm not against it. i'm not against paying not against it. i'm not against paying into the system. why? i'm against this the way the money is being used. and, i'm just not

prepared to put in any more , prepared to put in any more, knowing that it's just encouraging more and more people that shouldn't be in this country. and we're not looking after our own type of people. and, you know, people say i'm not patriotic, but, you know, for 55 years i've paid into the system. i've employed thousands of people, 1500 apprentices that i've trained and, and paid in. i mean, my accountants tell me that possibly over the years that possibly over the years that i've paid in 100 million to the system, and i'm fine with that. on the basis that, you know, business has been very good. but for these people to say, i'm not patriotic, it's just nonsense. >> and you're not alone, are you?i >> and you're not alone, are you? i mean, you know , 9000, an you? i mean, you know, 9000, an estimated 9500 million are ready to quit the uk of a huge drain on the income tax and your last income tax. you're going to pay is going to be what? january. i'm assuming january. is it? >> that's it. yeah. >> that's it. yeah. >> the amount of money you've made that will be getting no more into the economy. >> well, as you said, it's me and many others. you know, billionaire alfie bass has done

the same. and many other people i won't mention the names have gone, you know, we don't need to stay in if we're creating wealth and putting in the pot and you're being penalised by the current government, then, you know, we can get up and go anywhere in the world and not put up with it. i mean, you can go to italy and be registered there and only pay 100 grand a year tax, you know , they, they, year tax, you know, they, they, they actually government think that they're going to bring in more revenue by doing what they're doing. the revenue will go down by 50% because they're just, you know, just driving people out of the uk. i mean , people out of the uk. i mean, you know, i mean, i've already gone anyhow. you know, i'm not going to beat about the bush. i'm already gone. and i'll just come back here now for visits and family and, i'm starting a new business, which launches october the 1st here. but it's a family business. i'm not on the payroll, so i won't be paying nothing out of that. but they'll comply with the tax regulations. >> would you be starting that new business knowing what you

know now? no. >> definitely not. right. definitely not. i mean, we started the project probably two years ago. we had a three year non—trading clause on us, and, but no, certainly not, definitely not. i mean , and definitely not. i mean, and again, and you know, i've said to my family that once the business is up and running, if we find that labour are too difficult and putting too many, hurdles in the way, then we'll just shut down and go to dubai. i mean, we they're just not encouraging businesses and you know, what with the new workers rights and all this four day a week nonsense and working from home and pick your own hours and, you know, call me this and what you know, i just can't comply with that. i'll be honest with you. i'm not against workers rights. i'm not against it. but i'm just like a normal working class guy, like millions of other people. and it's just not how we've been brought up. it's . just not the work ethics. it's. just not the work ethics. and i think the workers rights are, is being loaded more for the employee. and when employees got more rights than the employer, then something's wrong .

employer, then something's wrong. but of course they've got to have rights. i mean , it's just have rights. i mean, it's just that they're just overloading it. and, you know, i have to say, all this nonsense that, you know, you want to be called this in the workplace. i'm not going to say eric the bricklayer one week and then next week he wants to be miri eisin call sinner. i mean, it just ain't going to happen. yeah. and you know, we're not going to have the working from home nonsense. we're not going to have people picking their own hours. yes, we're going to be flexible . but we're going to be flexible. but you know, it's a it's a personal business and it'll stay in the office. and if on that basis that, i can't keep people or want to keep these people with me, then, then they go let them go somewhere else. >> so the direction of travel, this country, where do you think it's going to end up if we carry on like we are now? well, i think what where do you think we're going to end up is the direction of travel. >> well, unfortunately we're we're definitely going to be in recession, that's for sure. and they talk about this 22 million black hole that they've found . black hole that they've found. but if they if they really want to be honest with you, evidently

9 billion of that is down to pay rises for the civil service, so, so, you know, they're all looking after their own type of people. and i just feel labour now are are just too much, you know what i mean? i mean, would i put starmer and was it reeves and the and the other one ryan gosling in charge of my business? the answer is no. i mean, but they're running the keir starmer running, you know. >> well, i want your bath by the sound of it. >> well, i won't put him in charge of a broom if i'm being honest with you. and that's being polite. yeah. you know, they're just. absolutely. they're not for the working people. they're all for giving money for people that don't contribute nothing. this is what i'm confused about, charlie. >> because when i grew up, you know, my dad was a labour rep. i mean, labour were for the working classes. do you think they've lost that? >> oh, undoubtedly . undoubtedly. >> oh, undoubtedly. undoubtedly. obviously, the conservatives haven't helped things. i mean , haven't helped things. i mean, last 14 years, they've just been atrocious. you know, labour are just picking up on the on on what they've given now. but let's not kid anyone. labour are for not people that contribute

to society, charlie. >> i mean , you have been accused >> i mean, you have been accused of this many times in the past, but you know, you are a, you know, a working class lad. you're proud of your country, you're proud of the flag. so you're proud of the flag. so you're leaving, you're proud of the flag. so you're leaving , though, you you're leaving, though, you know, that isn't the most patriotic thing you could do. you're leaving poorer people who are going to be really struggling to pay their taxes and survive now. >> yeah. look, i totally agree with you , but, you know, you with you, but, you know, you know, i don't run the country. i can't sort of help everybody out. and you know, that's for the government really to, you know , make jobs available, get know, make jobs available, get training schemes going. look after the people, say you were a patriot. >> still sorry you would say you were a patriot. >> well, for all these years i've been here and have been. >> but all of a sudden i decide that enough's enough. so, i mean, you know , i'm not mean, you know, i'm not interested in what people think about, you know , i'm jumping about, you know, i'm jumping ship and all this nonsense. i've contributed, you know, as much as i possibly can over the years, and, you know, we've still got i'm still going to be

involved with, with our charity shooting star hospice, that the company is still going to support , but, you know, i'm just support, but, you know, i'm just not going to contribute into the into the pot no more. >> charlie, we're running out of time. unfortunately really? yeah, i know it's got its flies past, isn't it? if you could just just quickly sum up labour's two first months in power in one broadcastable word, what word would it be? >> what? on air? >> what? on air? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> broadcastable broadcasting. well, i'd say disaster. >> disaster. that'll do. thank you very much, charlie mullins. thank you very much. a pleasure to talk to you. and good luck with the new company as well. thank you. well, that was charlie mullins. let me know what you think on everything he said. gbnews.com/yoursay. lots of you will have an opinion on that, i'm sure. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news and there's lots more coming up on today's show. a damning new report has found the bbc breached its own editorial guidelines over 1500 times during the height of the israel—hamas war, with coverage being heavily biased against israel. is it time the bbc was held more to account? all of

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right. okay, let's talk about something else. you're paying a lot of money for the bbc. a new report has found that bbc has breached its own editorial guidelines over 1500 times. dufing guidelines over 1500 times. during the height of the israel—hamas war, with coverage being heavily biased against israel, associating the genocide more than 14 times more than hamas. in the corporation's coverage of the conflict, the report stated the findings reveal a deeply worrying pattern of bias and multiple breaches by the bbc of its own editorial guidelines on impartiality , guidelines on impartiality, fairness and establishing the truth. so we're asking this afternoon, is it time the bbc

that we all pay for? remember what most of us pay for? were held more to account. i've still got my wonderful panel with me. we have the editor of labourlist or former editor of labourlist, peter edwards and journalist claire muldoon. claire, i'm going to come to you first on this one. pretty damning report, isn't it, about the bbc's bias seemingly biased. >> who commissioned the report? i mean, there's so much to unpack here, actually, in terms of who commissioned it, who paid for it , and of who commissioned it, who paid for it, and actually what the outcome would be. did we know what the outcome would be beforehand? where is ofcom? ofcom in this it was. >> its research was led by british lawyer trevor acheson, who has done this report. he's done reports before into the bbc coverage of things as well. and it did one previously, which led to an internal inquiry which the bbc didn't publish the reports of. so it is it is a report and it's been analysed . it's it's been analysed. it's analysed the bbc's coverage on a four month period and the starting the day after hamas carried out the october, october

last year, then almost a year on, and it's a team that involved 20 lawyers and 20 data scientists contribute to the research, which used ai scientists contribute to the research, which used al to analyse , 9 million words of bbc analyse, 9 million words of bbc output. so there are the basics, so there's some pretty serious people involved. >> the bbc, for me, i think us as a country hold the bbc not unlike the nhs. we can have hold it in some high esteem where it really ought not to be held. in my view we have, they've got competition now from all the streaming agents of which there are a myriad too many to mention. and yet, you know, we've got the choice to pay for those other ones if we want them. we don't have the choice with the licence fee, which i think has to be remodelled and changed and actually put out to us to see what we what we can do about it. but they've also got the strictly scandal huw edwards jermaine jenas recently. i mean, come on. i mean , is there any come on. i mean, is there any more cover ups, any more

whitewashing that can be done? what is it with the bbc? >> scrap the licence fee? >> scrap the licence fee? >> i think we should. >> i think we should. >> peter, just briefly, unfortunately, we're running out of time as always. >> well, the bbc shouldn't be above criticism, but this was not a report by the regulator ofcom and it was not a report by the bbc. clearly there's an immensely distressing war going on in the middle east with a huge death toll. first in israel, now even more so in palestine. briefly, i was very struck by bishop of dover saying we should be talking about the fatalities in the war because that's more important than the editorial. fine. >> thank you. we are running out of time on that one. the fatalities in the war, which i'm only getting from hamas health ministry, aren't we? okay. now, bbc reporter john simpson wrote in the telegraph, audience research shows that a big majority of viewers and listeners think the bbc are by far the most trusted provider of impartial coverage of the gaza. so there you are. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news. but let's have a look at the weather's like with greg dewhurst . dewhurst. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. sponsors of weather on gb

news. >> hello there i welcome to your >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. low pressure slowly starting to move away. still some heavy showers through until the evening time. staying changeable into next week, but turning colder as the winds turn around to more of a northerly direction. there's that low pressure moving away, and then we see the wind switching to a north westerly direction. this cold front introducing colder air as we head towards tuesday and wednesday next week. this evening, though, low pressure still bringing outbreaks of heavy rain across southeast scotland, northern england into wales, the midlands. but starting to ease now as though the odd heavy burst is still possible. the odd rumble of thunder across eastern areas, dner thunder across eastern areas, drier further north and west, but turning colder temperatures in single figures across parts of scotland to start the day . of scotland to start the day. but there is some bright and sunny spells around across northern parts of scotland. central scotland to start monday morning. a few showers, though,

across the northern and western isles these may start filtering inland as the day progresses. any mist and fog patches clearing here similar across northern ireland. sunny spells to start the day. this cloud from the last 24 hours is still affecting parts of northern and eastern england. brighter skies already moving into wales and the west country. some fog patches first thing, but that will soon clear. and then through the day on monday, the weather system will slowly push its way eastwards, but it takes its way eastwards, but it takes its time. so eastern england, south—east england generally staying quite cloudy with some patchy rain at times. brighter skies. northern england , wales skies. northern england, wales the west country starting to cloud over into the afternoon across northern ireland. western scotland cool here. temperatures nearer to average 1516 celsius elsewhere. a cooler feel as well. temperatures reaching around 20 celsius in the best of the sunshine into the evening time, turning wetter and windier across the northwest of the uk as the next weather system moves in drier further south, with some clear spells, and then it turns colder as we head through

next week. temperatures falling below average with further showers in places . showers in places. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. anna sewell . anna sewell. >> good afternoon. it's 2:00 on sunday the 8th of september. no, i've got no idea where the year's going either. this is the weekend on gb news. hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there. now, today incredibly marks two years since the aslef. the death of our beloved her majesty queen elizabeth. we'll be looking back at her amazing life and legacy . and how are we life and legacy. and how are we fairing two years on from that passing? and as interim england manager lee carsley sticks to his guns and refused to sing the national anthem at yesterday's match against his home country of ireland. is it time we

brought back patriotism and national pride? and i love this story . as diane abbott reveals, story. as diane abbott reveals, jeremy corbyn once took her on a date to karl marx's grave . how date to karl marx's grave. how does dating in politics actually work , and can romance happen work, and can romance happen across the political spectrum? and betelgeuse is back with a bang. tim burton's long awaited sequel to the 1988 classic beetlejuice , beetlejuice is beetlejuice, beetlejuice is a box office hit and is expected to earn over $100 million in september . to earn over $100 million in september. but to earn over $100 million in september . but why are so to earn over $100 million in september. but why are so many new films revisits , remakes, or new films revisits, remakes, or sequels to the old classics? can we have some new stuff at some point, please, i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend . and this is the weekend. now, lots of you have already been getting in touch, certainly about the interview we've just

done with charlie mullins, and i will get to them, i promise. loads of you. so. but we will get to them. but it's my favourite part of the show and it is all about your views. so it's very easy to get in touch as well. so let me know your thoughts on anything. we're discussing today, including someone that's just offered clare job as a train driver, it's very simple . it's very simple. gbnews.com/yoursay and join the conversation and say keep me company on today's show is clare, you just heard me reference clare muldoon, journalist and broadcaster and former editor of the labourlist, peter edwards. thank you very much for joining peter edwards. thank you very much forjoining me this much for joining me this afternoon. train driving. that's one for you, i think. but before we get stuck into those stories and clare's new role, here's the news with sophie reaper . news with sophie reaper. >> thank you dawn. it's just after 2:00 and these are your latest gb news headlines. today marks two years since the passing of britain's longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth. the second. she was on the throne for 70 years and was loved by the nation and

around the world. earlier today, the king and queen attended crathie kirk church near balmoral, where the late queen was a regular worshipper. they were there for a sunday service with prayer and remembrance of his late mother. the prime minister has hit out at the previous government this morning, saying the nhs has been broken in ways that he called unforgivable. these comments come as a labour commissioned review into how children are treated by the nhs, is due to be published in the coming week. speaking earlier to the camilla tominey, shadow health secretary wes streeting set out labour's plan to tackle the nhs crisis. >> my reform agenda is about is about three big shifts out of hospital into the community, so we get the gp appointments that people need, the social care that people need, care closer to people's homes , better for people's homes, better for patients, better value for taxpayers. it's a shift from analogue to digital. so we're not working with outdated systems and allowing the waste in the nhs to go unchallenged.

and then thirdly, from sickness to prevention, making sure we're supporting people not just to live longer but to live well for longer through good public health and prevention measures. those are the pillars of labour's reform agenda. >> meanwhile, shadow health secretary victoria atkins told gb news she's concerned labour are using this report to cover their plans to increase taxes. >> what concerns me about the way that labour is seeking to report this report is that they seem to be chasing headlines. you know, lord darzi is a very respected eminent surgeon. of course he is. also it's fair to say, a former labour minister and a former labour peer. but this report should be about what the state of the of the nhs is and providing solutions. the state of the of the nhs is and providing solutions . and and providing solutions. and what worries me is that labour is using this report as cover for the tax rises. they plan to raise on us all at the budget in october. >> over in the us last night, donald trump spoke in wisconsin,

a key area for his election campaign. the republican presidential candidate pledged trade and trade restrictions and to clamp down on immigration. trump was also critical of both current us president joe biden and his election opponent, kamala harris. this is what he had to say . had to say. >> how biden won. i will never know. to me, it's one of the greatest miracles. to me, it's a greatest miracles. to me, it's a great miracle. but how the hell that guy won, but he won and he got in this one. he got 14 million votes. she got no votes. and then they put her in. anyway, the bosses put her in because she's controlled by them. but she will be the worst president. he is the worst president. he is the worst president in history. she will be worse than him. she will be worse than him . and trump is worse than him. and trump is never wrong. i am never, ever wrong. >> back over in the uk now , and >> back over in the uk now, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain for much of england and wales. that's going to remain in place until 6:00 tonight. they've said this means a small chance of

power cuts and flooding in people's homes, with some areas expecting up to 60mm of rain by the end of the day. the annual conference for the trade union congress is now underway in brighton. topics on the agenda include protecting the right to strike, building a fairer economy and winning a better future for working people. last night, oasis announced that they would send out an invite only registration form for people to join a private ballot for tickets . this comes after tickets. this comes after millions attempted to obtain tickets last weekend for the band's gigs next summer, but many were left disappointed. oasis and ticketmaster have also faced criticism following so—called dynamic pricing , so—called dynamic pricing, leading to an investigation being launched. if you're looking for those tickets, good luck to you and we're now into the final day of the paralympics overin the final day of the paralympics over in paris, where team gb have won a huge number of medals and they aren't done yet . the and they aren't done yet. the brits have won a number of medals in the kayaking today, a

gold and silver in the women's 200m kl2, a gold in the women's 200m kl2, a gold in the women's 200m kl3 and a silver in the men's 200m vl3. so brilliant work from our kayakers today. the closing ceremony will take place tonight with swimmer poppy maskell and taekwondo athlete matt bush carrying the flag for team gb. those are your latest gb news headlines. for now i'm sophie reaper. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophie. now, before we get on to today's stories properly, i just want to read this one message out. lots of you have been very , very kind of you have been very, very kind about the interview we've just done with charlie mullins , who's done with charlie mullins, who's finally leaving the country. so in despair about what's

happening to it. and this is a gene good afternoon jean, you say, well done charlie. i'm so sorry you're going. it doesn't pay sorry you're going. it doesn't pay to work hard in this country, right now. i tell my kids, don't buy a house. spend your money on holidays. and when you're older, stay at home with your hand out. right. okay, now let's move on to today's this afternoon's stories, shall we? today, incredibly marked two years since the death of britain's longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii , and monarch, queen elizabeth ii, and the ascension of our current king, charles charles this morning attended church near balmoral to pay tribute to his late mum . so we're asking, what late mum. so we're asking, what is queen elizabeth's legacy ? two is queen elizabeth's legacy? two years on from that incredibly sad and tragic passing? joining me now is royal biographer nigel cawthorne and i've still got peter edwards and claire muldoon with me as well on the panel. but nigel, we're going to talk to you. you are an author of some note. you've got lots of books, i think five books on the royal family. yes. is it six? indeed, and so what do you make

of where we are? it's been incredibly two years since we lost the queen. what do you make of where the royal family are in those two years? >> well, we've had a wonderful demonstration of the power of buckingham palace. pr because i've lived through the entire reign of queen elizabeth ii, who , reign of queen elizabeth ii, who, as far as i could see, never put as far as i could see, never put a foot wrong until the very end when she let prince andrew. hide behind her skirts, but then we have , prince , prince charles. have, prince, prince charles. now, king charles come to the throne, who we've always thought of as a jagged idiot, and they've smoothed that over perfectly. no one thinks that anymore. they all bow and scrape, as we're supposed to, to our monarchs. he's. they managed to cover up some some real clangers when they when they first started out, there was a lot of controversy about him

apologising for slavery. and prince william doing the same. and they managed to distract the coronation. from the crowns. the controversy was going to be whether camilla wore the crown, the crown that the queen mother had worn, which had the kohinoor diamond in it. great controversy. so they didn't do that. but the crown he put on his head was far more controversial. it was the saint edward's crown, which was given to charles ii by the slave trader sir robert vyner , who was trader sir robert vyner, who was then was rewarded by being made a founder member of the royal africa company, which was the biggest slave trading operation on the north atlantic, which made the royal family all its money. essentially, the head of the royal africa company became was then the duke of york, not the current one, who became

james ii and the royal family have made money out of slave trading from elizabeth i to queen victoria. >> okay, so you're saying that it's basically doing a very slick pr job on the current royal family? yes, yes. and if that's the case, how comes william and harry and the ongoing feud between them seems to make the newspaper every single day? >> well, yes, but they've managed to. again, this distracts from from charles himself, who remember that he was being investigated by scotland yard before he became monarch, which they obviously can't prosecute him now because he's king, so that's distracted completely from that. >> he's being investigated for cash for honours, right? yes. yes, of course . yes, of course. >> yes. and the whole princes trust, the funds were so bent in that he was accepting money from all sorts of dodgy bankers and saying , obviously we don't have saying, obviously we don't have anyone here from that organisation or the royal family to, to, to argue back on that. >> fair enough , fair enough.

>> fair enough, fair enough. >> fair enough, fair enough. >> okay, i'll give you another example of a potential clanger. do you remember d—day? yes. and not the original one? >> well, no, i did indeed, but the d—day commemorations. >> yes. the distraction was rishi sunak left early. but if you remember the coverage, there is king charles who's got more medals in his chest than any of the veterans of d—day . where did the veterans of d—day. where did he win his medals? where did he go to war? was it the war against andrew or. >> it doesn't get teatime, nigel, that you're a huge fan of king charles? >> no i'm not, no i'm not. i just find it. i think that a lot of people in this country vastly respect to the queen as did i. that and we all thought it was going to be over then. and it's just kind of clogged up. >> it should have been when we lost the queen two years ago. i mean, she was part of all our lives. i mean, the only monarch i'd known. and she had this

amazing sense of dedication and duty. do you think the royal family should have finished then? >>i then? >> i think it would have been a very good idea indeed. go out on a high. >> absolutely interesting . okay. >> absolutely interesting. okay. and just literally king charles would have gone and done what? >> i don't know, i always thought that that we could have got a massive transfer fee if we'd sold a lot to the united states , because they love them states, because they love them so much over there. >> right. okay. well, we've already got harry over there. we did, we did? >> yes, we're doing well. >> yes, we're doing well. >> what do you think of the feud? i mean, you've written a book about the battle of the house of windsor between charles and andrew. yeah, yeah. so what do you the new battle of the house of windsor between william and harry? what do you make of that one? >> well, this is again, quite extraordinary that we've gone back to like, georgian times and from queen victoria on, we had this really settled. monarchy that kept this country very stable . and we've gone back to stable. and we've gone back to all sorts of scandals running,

going on all over the place. we need a bit more sex in it, but otherwise it's they're doing well. >> okay. right. yes. i'm not going to spoil that particular angle. i'm going to bring my panelin angle. i'm going to bring my panel in on this one. we have peter edwards and claire muldoon. claire what do you make of what you've just heard? >> i think it's very refreshing to hear your views, nigel, actually. and i you know, i applaud you for them. and i think you've got quite a lot of evidence to support what you are saying, and i would go along with it. i'm not a fan of king charles either. as i said earlier . earlier. >> what about you, peter? i mean, not a fan of king charles. or do you think he's not doing a bad job? >> i think he's doing a good job in difficult circumstances. i must confess, i was mystified by a lot of what nigel said. i'm afraid i've not read his books yet, charles wasn't accused of wrongdoing personally in any of the cash for honours stuff. so i think as i said, we don't have anyone here from that organisation. >> and he wasn't he wasn't accused. >> so we can't be clear about that. and the reason that all monarchs wear medals at military parades, like the d—day commemorations, because they have ceremonial functions and

that's, you know, twas ever thus. >> so it's part of our tradition and our heritage. do you think that's. >> well, i think it would have been discreet not to wear them on that particular day. he wasn't performing any special service, didn't he? >> like william and harry when he was a much younger man. king charles has often that the male princes have done, do do some military service. >> yes. he he commanded minesweeper. >> for a bit in, in home waters, but he didn't run up a beach being shot at. >> no, he didn't, but it's more than i've ever done. you know, i've largely had jobs, but you don't have any model. >> you don't have any medals, though, do you? >> no, i'm not. >>— >> no, i'm not. >> he's plainly expecting one now, you know, people that have seen active service and haven't. >> i wouldn't criticise them, but i don't think he's seen active service. >> where where did you see active service? >> they've come closer to, you know, gunshot than i ever have or i know, gunshot than i ever have or! ever know, gunshot than i ever have or i ever would . or i ever would. >> well yes, because he's a monarch and people like to shoot

at 1 or 2 that we know have seen active service, one being prince andrew and one obviously being our prince harry, neither of whom have covered themselves in glory recently, have they? well that's true, but they did earn their medals, though incontestable about about what? but prince andrew did because he only got the south atlantic medal, which everybody who went to the falklands got. he didn't get any any other medals at all for his operations down there. >> no, the other actually one, one interesting conversation to have with you, nigel, is sir ian mckellen. the actor has accused the queen of being rude recently. what do you say to that? >> i thought that was rather thin, didn't you? >> that she said, oh, the theatres weren't very full anymore. well, that's. how is that rude? >> i personally didn't find it. it was rude. but were you surprised that, i mean, you've been very open in your your views today. were you surprised to hear someone say that? >> yes, i was , because it's very >> yes, i was, because it's very difficult to imagine her being rude ,

rude, >> she was so , conciliatory to >> she was so, conciliatory to everybody, so polite and the perfect , the perfect queen that perfect, the perfect queen that we've had. so in fact, it's very difficult for anyone to compare to that, isn't it. >> okay. and if you say we should have got rid of them after we lost the queen, what should have happened to the properties, you know, the palaces and all that. >> well a lot of it could have gone in, in reparation for the slave trade obviously. i mean like we should have done that. well, kensington palace and clarence house were both built on money from the slave trade. i don't know how much other the other properties are bought with that money, but yes . that money, but yes. >> interesting thoughts, our nigel hawthorne, thank you very much for joining nigel hawthorne, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon. let us know what you think about that. should the royal family have finished when we lost our majesty two years ago today? let us know what you think. gbnews.com forward slash your say now. nigel mentioned the national trust. so dame subaru's chair of trustees of the prince's trust, has said the board of trustees is determined that lessons will be learned to ensure that in future, our

charity maintains the highest standards in all areas and always acts with the utmost integrity and propriety. i hope that the stories of note will begin to focus once more on the beneficial outcomes delivered by the prince's foundation. for all the prince's foundation. for all the best analysis on all the stories we've been talking about today, simply go to our website, which is @gbnews .com. now, i've been dawn neesom and this is gb news and it's been a very packed, feisty show. so far. and there's lots more coming up, including that football match last night. england's interim manager lee carsley was true to his word and did not sing the national anthem ahead of the three lions match against ireland. but should the england manager have been obliged to sing the national anthem? and how important are national anthems in any case? are they an outdated thing? do any of us need to sing them? all of that and much more to come. this is gb news, britain's channel and we'll see you

soon. hello and welcome back to the weekend with me dawn neesom. i hope you are indeed having a wonderful weekend out there. now. lots of you have been sending in your thoughts and this is the favourite part of my show. was talking to you lot, so i'm going to read some of them out now, especially after the chat we've just had with nigel cawthorne, who was a the royal biographer, kay , you say, at biographer, kay, you say, at last truth , facts. thank you last truth, facts. thank you nigel. interesting he was very, very anti king charles and thinks basically paraphrasing he said that the monarchy should have come to an end after we lost the queen, which is two years ago today, kathy , years ago today, kathy, meanwhile, says nigel cawthorne, what a disgusting individual to have.i what a disgusting individual to have. i really don't agree with him whatsoever. meanwhile eddie says, slavery because nigel also blamed the royal family for the amount of money they made from

slavery. he said which country led the world in the abolition of slavery? we did. it's something to be proud of and puts into perspective of where we weren't before, and molly says, can you get the anti—monarchist off? we don't want president blair. well, president starmer maybe. and leslie says, sorry, the royal family are currently the only institution representing our country and stability and patriotism. while everything else around us turns to disaster. so keep those coming in. it's very simple to get involved in the chat and i will get to more of them as we go through. it's a gbnews.com/yoursay and join in. or you can message on our socials also @gbnews. now, did you watch the football last night ? wasn't much else on was night? wasn't much else on was i to be honest with you. lee carsley stuck to his promise not to sing the english national anthem ahead of his first game as interim head coach. the decision, which sparked criticism from many , many criticism from many, many quarters, let's be honest, didn't in england's two one victory over republic of ireland, you can see pictures there in the nations league

goals from declan rice and jack grealish, who both have irish heritage, by the way, and scored those goals secured the victory in dublin, although the boos from irish fans were aimed at both players and carsley , who, both players and carsley, who, despite being born and bred in birmingham, has irish roots too. in a light hearted moment, carsley also found himself briefly sitting on the wrong bench before being corrected. freudian slip it happens, doesn't it? his decision to not sing raises a question of whether a national team coach should be expected to publicly honour our anthem, regardless of personal preference or personal affiliation, and just how important national anthems are. in any case, they're very important in america. i mean, they sing them before , before they sing them before, before school, don't they, so let's find out . debates. i'm joined by find out. debates. i'm joined by sports journalist ben jacobs and historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo. gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us today. really appreciate your company on this one. now obviously, it was a huge, huge

debate yesterday when kwasi said, i'm not going to sing . and said, i'm not going to sing. and he didn't, he stuck to it. so ben , what do you make about all ben, what do you make about all the fuss about whether or not the fuss about whether or not the england manager sings the national anthem ? national anthem? >> well, i think part of it's down to optics. and if you're managing a country, then you can understand why singing the anthem would be deemed to be a sign of patriotism and not doing so. in this case might be seen by some as anti—monarchy, broadly speaking. but i think lee carsley mitigated some of those arguments by outlining his position in advance and sticking to the same position that he had as a player . to the same position that he had as a player. and let's not forget, he represented ireland as a player, even though he was born in birmingham and has never sung an anthem. so if you want to be england manager , maybe you to be england manager, maybe you have to realise there's more to realise there's more to have to realise there's more to it than just football and that it than just football and that lends itself towards saying sing lends itself towards saying sing the anthem. but i think from the anthem. but i think from carsley's point of view he carsley's point of view he didn't do it out of a protest or didn't do it out of a protest or to offend anybody . he to offend anybody . he

didn't do it out of a protest or to offend anybody. he did it because he wanted to focus on didn't do it out of a protest or to offend anybody. he did it because he wanted to focus on the task at hand, and that was consistent with his stance as a player and as a result of that, i personally don't see a great problem with it. and remember, fabio capello didn't sing the anthem. sven—goran eriksson did, but struggled with it. trent alexander—arnold didn't at one point. gary neville also didn't, so he's not the first not to sing the anthem. and that's both as a player and as a national team manager. >> okay, rafe coming to you. obviously fabio and sven were foreign. i mean, one italian, one swedish. so, you know, maybe weren't expecting them, but i mean , carswell was born and bred mean, carswell was born and bred in birmingham is english. i mean, is it actually important that the managers sing the national anthem or the players? i mean, how important are national anthems these days ? national anthems these days? >> hugely important, particularly in these sorts of international events. and it has to be said that, you know, sven eriksson did try to sing

to be said that, you know, sven eriksshe did try to sing to be said that, you know, sven eriksshe did a/ to sing to be said that, you know, sven eriksshe did a lot sing to be said that, you know, sven eriksshe did a lot of1g to be said that, you know, sven eriksshe did a lot of support think he got a lot of support from the public for doing that. look i'm a free speaker. if he doesn't want to do it, that's his choice. but you know, i think his argument is a bit weak, you know , ben is quite weak, you know, ben is quite correct. there's one thing to do that as a player, one thing to do that with the under 18 or under 21 or whatever. but when you're the england manager , it you're the england manager, it does make a difference. and what is he saying? is he saying that he can't take his concentration or he can't multitask for more than 30s, because that's how long it took to sing the national anthem yesterday, 37 seconds. so unless you've got the mind of a goldfish or the memory of a goldfish, i don't see why you can't actually just mouth the words. even if you don't have to sing, it just appear to be singing it. and you can still think about the game. and it's very important because these international events are different from a premier league match and so forth . importantly, match and so forth. importantly, people who don't actually care about football, who don't watch premier league, we come together to watch the world cup , watch

to watch the world cup, watch the euros, watch these sorts of events along with royal events. it's these sporting events that are the only other occasion really, when we come together as a people and it's these sorts of rituals and traditions that are so important in creating that sense of national unity. kids grow up learning the anthem through these sorts of things, and it's, i think , terribly and it's, i think, terribly damaging to see people not take part in that when they have such an important role to play as national unifiers. and it also helps to unify the england team when they're all together singing as one. that's also really important for morale. >> ben, i was just gonna say that's quite an important point, isn't it? and it was very notable that both declan rice and jack grealish, who do also have irish heritage and were indeed booed before the game, because they were sort of like, you know, for that very reason. was a player and also didn't. i think we have to dveryguish they both belted out that was a player and also didn't. i think we have to dvery reason. you know, for that very reason. they both belted out that national anthem with absolute national anthem with absolute gusto . gusto . gusto. >> yeah, irish heritage, but gusto. >> yeah, irish heritage, but representing england , khalife representing england , khalife representing england, khalife born in england but represented representing england, khalife born in england but represented ireland and therefore could have ireland and therefore could have sung the soldier's song when he sung the soldier's song when he was a player and also didn't. i was a player and also didn't. i

think we have to distinguish think we have to distinguish between is somebody not singing because it's their personal belief. it's best for their ritual, and i take the point that it's only 30s. but football is a very focused and superstitious and so are managers. or alternatively, is somebody not singing because they intentionally want to protest against the anthem. and if you had a prospective england manager or an interim one, in this case with lee carsley, that intentionally didn't want to sing the anthem and made that position clear, that may be a different debate because we do want our england manager to embrace the culture. and it's absolutely true that when sven tried, that was very warmly received. but if they're not doing it because it's always been their stance and it's apolitical, whether or not we think they could do it and it would be better, and whether or not we think that it's only a small amount of time and therefore they're standing there anyway, why not? if that's

therefore they're standing there anyv1 potential ot? if that's therefore they're standing there anyv1 potential candidate's therefore they're standing there anyv1 potential candidate to as a potential candidate to become the permanent england manager. >> so you don't think it's no pun intended? queered his pitch for getting the job full time ? for getting the job full time? >> no, i don't think that it has any impact on that. i think when you interview to be england manager, you're judged on the football . so he gets a big for football. so he gets a big for tick a20 win over ireland and this will not be factored in. there could be foreign coaches that are candidates like pep guardiola, that also don't wish to sing the national anthem. this is a line whereby football blurs with culture and patriotism and monarchy and the only learning, i think, for carsley, compared to when he was a player, is that now this job is not just about football, so maybe he has to reconsider whether or not knowing that he wishes to make a statement of singing the national anthem, or if he wishes to define himself as a prospective candidate by keeping things football only. and if he does, then he'll stick

to his own beliefs. he won't sing the anthem, but i still don't think if he takes that route it will affect his chances of getting the job. >> okay rafe, i can see you nodding along there. go on, explain what you were nodding along for. >> carsley needs to up his game, if i can put it that way. he's no longerjust somebody who is a player or dealing with a team that is, you know, below that of the england national team. and he has to understand that. and this is also something that was always going to be happening expected. you know, the england team when he was hired you know they they understood that this was going to be an issue. so this is not he was not caught off guard here. this is something that he and the people who hired him have known was going to be an issue. i think that he has, if i can use another phrase, drop the ball on this. and i think if he does want to become a serious contender, he will need to do that because he has a greater duty . now, this is not about the duty. now, this is not about the self. this is not about narcissism. this is about representing the nation. it only takes 30s . and i'm sorry, takes 30s. and i'm sorry, there's nobody who can't multitask. and the beginning of a game anyway isn't that isn't

as relevant for a manager. you know, it takes a while before you can see how things are going. i'm sorry, i don't buy it. i think things need to change here because as i said, nothing is where there are very few things left in this country that bring us together. it's the monarchy and it's sport. and these events are so important when we have so many of our national symbols being denigrated, being attacked, being derided, you rarely have an occasion any longer to sing the national anthem. so when those occasions arise, we have to seize upon them. and i saw a poll on the telegraph today. 80% of telegraph people support this . of telegraph people support this. i'm sure with gb news it will be at least 90% who understand the importance of our symbols and of patriotism. >> we should ask that very question. ben jacobs, sports journalist and historian, broadcaster at rafe heydel—mankoo. thank you very much for joining heydel—mankoo. thank you very much forjoining me this much for joining me this afternoon. really appreciate your time. well, what do you think? should we sing our national anthem more, or is it a bit old hat? and we don't need to do it gbnews.com/yoursay i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news and there's loads more coming up on today's show, but it's really time for those news headlines with sophie reaper .

with sophie reaper. >> thank you dawn. it's just after 2:30. and these are your latest gb news headlines. today marks two years since the passing of britain's longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii . she was on the elizabeth ii. she was on the throne for 70 years and was beloved by the nation and around the world. earlier today, the king and queen attended crathie kirk church, where the late queen was a regular worshipper. they were there for a sunday service with prayer and remembrance for his late mother . remembrance for his late mother. prime minister sir keir starmer has hit out at the previous government this morning, saying the nhs has been broken in ways that he called unforgivable. these comments come as a labour commissioned review into how children are treated by the nhs is due to be published in the coming week. speaking earlier, health secretary wes streeting said we need to make our nhs fit for the future. he was also asked about labour's plans for vat on private school fees ,

vat on private school fees, after one parent has launched legal action against the government. here's what he had to say. >> schools can't say they weren't warned. we did make it very clear and the priority for this money is to invest in the state. education that benefits the 93% of pupils in this country , including the most country, including the most vulnerable and disadvantaged . so vulnerable and disadvantaged. so that's the thrust of the policy. that's the government's agenda. it's for the 93% at state schools, not simply the 7% at independent schools. and people were forewarned. so they can't complain now . complain now. >> meanwhile, shadow health secretary victoria atkins told gb news she's concerned labour are using the report into the nhs to cover their plans to increase taxes. >> what concerns me about the way that labour is seeking to report this report is that they seem to be chasing headlines. you know, lord darzi is a very respected eminent surgeon. of course he is. also, it's fair to say, a former labour minister and a former labour peer. but this report should be about what

the state of the of the nhs is and providing solutions and what worries me is that labour is using this report as cover for the tax rises they plan to raise on us all at the budget in october. >> and finally, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain for much of england and wales. that's going to remain in place until 6:00 tonight. they've said this means a small chance of power cuts and flooding in people's homes, with some areas expecting up to 60mm of rain by the end of the day. that's all for me from now , that's all for me from now, tatiana sanchez will have your next gb news headlines in the next gb news headlines in the next half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts .

>> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sophie. just quickly, one message here are lots of you agreeing with this one as well. this is from alex. there is no debate. you represent the country, you get paid by the country. then you stand up for the country or you don't take the job. i don't care if you don't know the words or you don't feel comfortable singing them. most players only mumble in any case. but to make a statement you refuse to sing. it is a political statement. either represent us or leave and thatis either represent us or leave and that is on that national anthem debate that continues. but gbnews.com/yoursay lots more coming up in today's show. but before we go into what we've got coming up, nana akua show is on at 3:00 and she joins us now. nana what delights have you got in store for us? >> well, dawn, we're going to be really focusing a lot on the vat on private schools because coming up at around about 5:00 on my show, we have a head from a parents group and also one of the parents who the vat on private schools will affect to show the kind of people who this is affecting, because a lot of people are seeing this as a sort of politics of envy, because ultimately, those kids who don't go to those private schools will

end up in the public school system, in the sort of state school section, section. and this is not great because obviously there are elements to that that are broken to wes streeting his comments on camilla tominey show how he said it was unforgivable. the nhs is broken. can you fully blame the tory party for that though? and also the bbc, some are calling them the biased broadcasting corporation. should they be allowed to be self—regulated? because, you know, if you complain about something that you've seen on the bbc, it must initially go through their complaints procedure before it could even go to ofcom, and then ofcom will decide whether the complaint is even worthy. so what do you think? should they be self—regulated or should they be self—regulated or should they be more like you and me ? and be more like you and me? and that's all coming up. >> indeed, it sounds a real cracker. the show and you can remember get in touch with either nana or myself. it's very simple. lots of you want to talk about the bbc as well. gbnews.com forward slash your say and join that conversation. now there's loads more coming up before we get to nana as well, have you ever wondered what it must be like to date jeremy corbyn? well, diane abbott has

spilled all the beans on her romance with the former labour leader , which included him leader, which included him taking her on a hot date to karl marx's tomb. all of that and much more to come. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news britain's news channel. where. see

soon. hello. welcome back. now, have you got a nice supper in front of you or possibly something stronger? it is a sunday lunchtime after all. because i'm going to ask the question. nobody really has ever asked themselves. have you ever wondered what it's like to date jeremy corbyn? well, wonder no more. as diane abbott has revealed all in her new autobiography, brace yourself folks. according to the current mother of the house, the former labour leader's idea of a hot date was to drive her to highgate cemetery to see the tomb of karl marx and the most

exciting thing he did in his spare time was brace yourself again, grow vegetables in his garden. as a teetotal , garden. as a teetotal, vegetarian, socialist god, those nights must have flown past, mustn't they? it shouldn't come as that much of a surprise, i guess, now let's see what my panel make of this. former editor of labourlist, peter edwards and journalist clare muldoon. now, this this diane has got her autobiography out, andifs has got her autobiography out, and it's been serialised in the guardian. and i read it last night because regardless of what you think of diane abbott's politics, what she's achieved as a woman in politics is amazing. and but the funniest chapter is on her romance with jeremy corbyn. back in the day, this was obviously, clare. some of the stuff she says about jeremy, they're warm and they're witty. she's not having a go. it's warm and witty, but it is very , very funny. >> i'm not surprised because i mean, love him or hate him. jeremy corbyn is an absolute.

well, some might say a communist, but at least he stuck to his roots. he he's a man of integrity, actually, in terms of how he delivers things and what he did. and to take, diane abbott to highgate cemetery, to the tomb of karl marx, just shows the embodiment and how much he actually thinks, completely and utterly about, marxism and, you know, his politics. and it's shaped the man. he's not denying that. he's not hiding from that. and i think it's quite refreshing that he's he has got some integrity , he's he has got some integrity, >> but i mean, come on, peter highgate cemetery. have you ever been taken to a cemetery on a date, >> not on a date. i have been to karl marx's tomb in highgate cemetery. surprise me. but i'd say anyone with an interest in history should know about marx, but also about edmund burke. you know, there's nothing wrong with knowing your history. the thing that struck hardly moonlight and roses and know in cemeteries in the evening, perhaps. might be a bit spooky. so i'm not sure i'd want to sort of hang out there for too long. but i mean,

there's a few eccentric stories in this about jeremy corbyn. of course, the other passion he has that we've not alluded to is his interest in manhole covers, which he was passionate about for many years. yes, but joking aside, i'm glad, and i'm glad you recognised it, that diane abbott has done a book because although she had a tough time on the frontbench , it's often the frontbench, it's often forgotten she was a trailblazer. the first four black mps elected in 1983 diane abbott, bernie grant who died, paul boateng and keith vaz. you know, they broke the mould. >> no, absolutely. i'm not denying it. absolutely. i mean, and the book is, by the way, a woman like me by diane abbott is published by viking and it's £25. but i mean, come on, clare, you must have been on a date. we've all we've all been on dates where you've ended up somewhere, and you go , what? i somewhere, and you go, what? i mean, as a west ham fan, i was once taken. it wasn't really a date, but we were sort of like we were passing, so we popped in there. i was once going at chelsea fan. sorry about that, but he took me to the chelsea club shop. i'm a west ham fan. what am i meant to do? what am i

meant to say? >> just while you were, you still went on it. you can still remember it. it's a it's a postscript of your life. yeah. >> come on. as. yeah, i mean footnote dawn neesom. >> lie—in. yeah. >>— >> lie—in. yeah. >> so you can't remember some of the dodgy dates you've been on, though. no >> well, i was brought up in glasgow. come on. >> there. is that . of course. >> there. is that. of course. yeah. the other brilliant story that diane tells is in the summer of 1979, when they were on a camping holiday, travelled by motorbike and jeremy, being jeremy, was a socialist motorbike from eastern germany which kept breaking down. and while diane was looking forward to some delicious gallic cuisine, she was horrified when jeremy unpacked his motorbike saddlebags to reveal a week's supply of instant macaroni and other processed foods. i'm sorry i got to love the woman for that alone. thank you very much. >> that's the most jeremy corbyn story you can imagine. macaroni cheese and a broken motorbike in france . france. >> yeah, absolutely. god bless you. right. okay. thank you very much. i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news. and there's lots more coming up on today's show. now,

beetlejuice, i'm only saying it once appears to be back with a bang, as it's a long awaited sequelis bang, as it's a long awaited sequel is proving a hit at the box office. but why are so many new films just remakes and rehashes of stuff that we've all seen before? all of that and much more coming up on dawn neesom. and this is gb news, britain's news channel, and we'll see you

soon. welcome to the weekend . i'm dawn welcome to the weekend. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. now we are going to because it's a sunday afternoon and it's the weekend. we're a bit more relaxed. so we're going to talk about movies. let's go to the movies shall we? the long awaited sequel to the tim burton classic film beetlejuice was released in cinemas on friday, andifs released in cinemas on friday, and it's expected to make over $100 million. many of the original cast returning, including michael keaton as beetlejuice himself , along with beetlejuice himself, along with winona ryder and catherine o'hara for burton loyalists.

it's the event of the year, and it's the event of the year, and i can't wait to go and see it myself. but, but, but, but we're asking why is every movie we're seeing recently just a rehash, a remake or a revisited? oh my god, it's never ending. i went to see alien the other day, and it's like i felt like i saw that in the 90s, which i did. i'm joined now by film critic varne conlon to explain what's happened to new movies. >> well, i mean, what's happened to new movies? they are thin on the ground, to be honest. these days there as to why we keep getting rehashes , reimagining getting rehashes, reimagining sequels, etc. the simple short answer to that is they make money. they make money overseas . money. they make money overseas. they're an easier sell for audiences. and in the day and age in which people aren't necessarily going out to cinemas to see, you know, an original leonardo dicaprio movie , you can leonardo dicaprio movie, you can certainly bank that. they will see, you know, a marvel sequel, for instance . for instance. >> okay. and so but it's like , >> okay. and so but it's like, how do they make so much money from something ? i mean, they are from something? i mean, they are the blockbusters this year, aren't they? i mean, the crow is

another one that's come back from the 1980s. was that one twisters? despicable me, i mean, exorcist, that's another one that's come back and disney seem to be turning it into a into a full time job. >> well, i mean, that is the disney brand, the disney brand has always been let's mine as much as we can out of the brand for as long as we can. i think in the case of beetlejuice, what you have is a sequel. it felt fiscally irresponsible not to make it. there had been a beetlejuice sequel in development for, you know, nigh on 30 years. we had beetlejuice in love, beetlejuice goes hawaiian. these are actual movies that nearly existed . movies that nearly existed. kevin smith nearly wrote the latter, and it's worth noting that when you see the new movie, you do actually get the impression that they have kind of lumped all these scripts in there. they make money because, you know, we've now had so much time between a lot of these movies that you have the parents going, but also them trying to lull the kids in along the way. beetlejuice is very much that

where you can't quite understand what the kids are angle, what the gen z angle for that is, even though it does play like wednesday, the movie like it's made by the wednesday guys. it's directed by tim burton, who made the wednesday show. it stars the actress from wednesday. and yet at the same time, you know, they are also dining out quite heavily on. yes, but gen z's parents want to go and see this with them, and that's quite clearly a recipe for some cache success. warner brothers are lowballing this i think it will massively exceed that. i don't know by how much warner brothers are estimating an 80 million. the conventional wisdom is 100 to 120. i wouldn't be shocked to see it between that 100 and 120. >> wow. that's why they do it. thank you very much. that's varne arconic, film critic. there on why we never get to see any new movies just reimagined ones from the past. running out of time, unfortunately, has come to you . claire, quickly. you got to you. claire, quickly. you got a theory about this, haven't you? >>i you? >> i do,i you? >> i do, i think it's a throwback to the writers strike. i think there has been an awful lot of pre—development covid as well, and the lockdown has

actually added to that. the fact that there's not a lot of creativity now, and the writers strike put a hold on everything. nothing new was written. and what's the easiest way for for, sony, for warner brothers and the rest of them in disney to rehash, reimagine and remake ? rehash, reimagine and remake? >> okay. and, peter, are you going to go, are you seeing any of these remakes rehashes? >> i liv golf sinwar to be honest, but i think it's a case of follow the money. as claire alluded to, you know, yes, these are works of art, but they're produced by corporate behemoths, which are the studios. follow the money, by the way, i should also say, you know, people that say tv isn't always planned and you interviewed a contributor called varne who seemed to be in a car park. >> yeah, i did say it was quite a dramatic car. it worked perfectly fair. it did look. yeah, it looked like it was a scene straight out of a movie. beetlejuice. yeah, it was . so is beetlejuice. yeah, it was. so is there one film that you think they should just not touch? don't go near it. don't do anything with it. just leave the original because it was so brilliant. >> godfather are the only one that worked as a remake. as well as a sorry, a trilogy.

>> i think briefly, what you can't remake is back to the future for many reasons. not not least the fact we're 40 years further on. >> well, you could do another version of it. back to the future. back to the future. >> very confusing futures of the future. >> have you seen it on stage ? >> have you seen it on stage? have you seen it? >> apparently, no, i might go to that. i'd like to go. >> apparently, it's absolutely fantastic. and the standing ovation is for the car. >> okay, well, we've run out of time. thank you very much. that's claire muldoon and peter edwards. thank you very much for joining us. i've been dawn neesom and this has been gb news. but don't go anywhere, though, because there's plenty more coming up on gb news today. in a moment. it's fiery debate with nana akua at 6:00. is neil oliver with free speech nation at 7:00 and mark dolan at 9:00. thank you for joining at 7:00 and mark dolan at 9:00. thank you forjoining me at 7:00 and mark dolan at 9:00. thank you for joining me this afternoon . carry on having a afternoon. carry on having a wonderful weekend out there. but nana's coming up very soon. but first, let's have a look at your weekend weather with greg dewhurst . dewhurst. >> it looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news.

>> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office. low pressure slowly starting to move away. still some heavy showers through until the evening time. staying changeable into next week but turning colder as the winds turn around to more of a northerly direction. there's that low pressure moving away and then we see the wind switching to a north westerly direction, this cold front introducing colder air as we head towards tuesday and wednesday next week. this evening, though, low pressure, still bringing outbreaks of heavy rain across southeast scotland, northern england into wales, the midlands but starting to ease as we head into the early hours, though, the odd heavy burst is still possible. the odd rumble of thunder across eastern areas, drier further north and west, but turning colder temperatures in single figures across parts of scotland to start the day. but there is some bright and sunny spells around across northern parts of scotland . central scotland to scotland. central scotland to start monday morning. a few showers, though across the northern and western isles these

may start filtering inland as the day progresses. any mist and fog patches clearing here similar across northern ireland. sunny spells to start the day. this cloud from the last 24 hours is still affecting parts of northern and eastern england. brighter skies already moving into wales and the west country. some fog patches first thing, but that will soon clear. and then through the day on monday, then through the day on monday, the weather system will slowly push its way eastwards, but it takes its time. so eastern england, south—east england generally staying quite cloudy with some patchy rain at times. brighter skies. northern england , brighter skies. northern england, wales the west country starting to cloud over into the afternoon across northern ireland. western scotland cool here. temperatures nearer to average 1516 celsius. elsewhere, a cooler feel as well. temperatures reaching around 20 celsius in the best of the sunshine into the evening time , turning wetter and windier time, turning wetter and windier across the northwest of the uk as the next weather system moves in drier further south, with some clear spells, and then it turns colder as we head through. next week. temperatures falling

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