with the breaking story. this morning. eight migrants have died attempting to cross the channel. it comes as keir starmer heads to italy to discuss the crucial topic of illegal immigration and offshore processing. but just how will labour get a handle on the issue? and what's the phrase? oh yes, smash those gangs and it's birthday boy. prince harry turns 40. the duke of sussex enters his fourth decade with well wishes from the royal family including the x account, social media twitter account of the prince and princess of wales. is harry slowly being welcomed back into the royal fold, though ? and into the royal fold, though? and it's a big weekend of sports as the premier league returns. but, but, but uefa has warned that england could be excluded from the ,2,028 england could be excluded from the 2,028 over football regulator plans, which is a bit embarrassing because it's being held here. we'll have all the latest on that. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend on indeed the weekend .

indeed the weekend. but my favourite bit of the show and i'm really not joking, is talking to you lot out there and i love that. so let me know your views on all the stories we're talking about or anything you want to have a chat about. it's a sunday afternoon. we're all chilled, aren't we? it's very simple to do, so just get in touch by visiting gb news. com forward slash your say and join in our conversation. i have a wonderful panel for you today . wonderful panel for you today. it's joining keeping me company is author and broadcaster amy nicole turner and writer and journalist emma woolf. thank you very much. both look very floral. it has to be said today. thank you very much for joining me, but before we get stuck into our story today, here's the news headunes our story today, here's the news headlines with the very lovely sophie reaper. >> thank you. dawn. it's just

after 1:00. and these are your latest gb news headlines . after 1:00. and these are your latest gb news headlines. eight migrants have died overnight whilst trying to cross the channel. french authorities have confirmed the french maritime prefecture for the english channel and north sea said 53 migrants were on board a boat which got into difficulty off the coast of northern france. a rescue operation was launched, but eight people were later confirmed dead. this news comes less than two weeks after a separate incident where 12 migrants died after a boat sank off the french coastline . it's off the french coastline. it's been alleged that sir keir starmer has broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife , victoria. the sunday times wife, victoria. the sunday times has reported that the gifts came from labour donor lord alli and covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for the pm's wife during the election campaign. speaking earlier, foreign secretary david lammy defended the pm's actions. this is what he had to say. >> this is not a breach of

transparency rules. it's a prime minister that's acting positively to make sure that everything is above board and this money comes from a long standing over two decades, lord alli has been in the house of lords. he has been a big supporter of the labour party. he's a self—made man, and i think there is nothing to see here, really. >> and there's more potential trouble for sir keir's government, as it's revealed pensioners could be left £1,000 worse off this winter. this comes on top of suggestions that labour could also axe the single person discount on council tax at next month's budget. the party have thus far refused to rule this out, stating that difficult decisions need to be made in order to fill the so—called £22 billion black hole left by the conservatives staying with politics now and today is the second day of the lib dem party conference in brighton , with party leader sir brighton, with party leader sir ed davey scheduled to give a q&a

later this afternoon. the party's education spokesperson, munira wilson, has also given the keynote speech today in which she called for 900,000 additional free school meals for pupils in poverty. additional free school meals for pupils in poverty . a man freed pupils in poverty. a man freed from prison as part of the government's early release scheme is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was released. in court documents seen by the pa news agency, the man allegedly reoffended in sittingbourne in kent after getting out of prison on tuesday. he was later arrested in south london and has since been recalled to prison. a new poll has found that more than 4 in 5 brits believe that junior doctors should accept the new pay deal being offered by the government. the new deal would see the profession get a 22% pay rise over two years, an offer that the british medical association is recommending that members accept. the junior doctors have been voting since last month, with the ballot set to close later today . today

to close later today. today marks the 40th birthday of the duke of sussex, prince harry. the youngest son of the king, will celebrate the start of his 40s at his californian home with his wife meghan and their two children, archie and lilibet. the prince said he was anxious to turn 30, but that he's excited about 40 and his mission is now doing good in the world. earlier this morning, the accounts for the royal family on x wished harry a happy birthday in their first public message for the prince since 2021. and finally, the crew of the first ever private space walk have returned to earth this morning. let's have a look at the moment that the spacex dragon splashed back down. >> and there you can see. what as you can see on your screen, and by the cheers behind us, the polaris dawn crew has successfully splashed down. >> those are your latest gb news

headlines. for now, i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an houn reaper more from me in half an hour, but for now it's back to the lovely dawn neesom 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. no one's ever called me lovely before. that's really lovely, isn't it? oh, that's where i come in here to get called. lovely. because it doesn't happen at home, right? okay let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? now, the breaking news story from this morning. at least eight migrants have died overnight while attempting to cross the channel from france to england. french police have confirmed that now it comes as the french authorities rescued around 200 people off the coast of calais over an incredible 24 hour penod over an incredible 24 hour period between friday and saturday night, as the weather obviously was improving. joining

me now is political commentator peter spencer to bring us up to date on this story and also what labour's plans are. labour, the government. sorry, freudian slip there to tackle this ongoing problem. peter, thank you very much for joining problem. peter, thank you very much forjoining me on a sunday afternoon. really appreciate your company. now obviously horrific news once again. it's been a very, very bad 24 hours, what do you make of what you've heard again today? >> well, first off, it's worth making the point that the smuggling gangs are becoming more , frankly, homicidal more, frankly, homicidal murderers by the day. it would seem the boats that they put people in are increasingly in a terrible condition, badly inflated, with no flaws, poor engines and a lot of the people don't even get issued with life, life, life belts , life jackets. life, life belts, life jackets. i mean, i have to say that the whole thing makes the titanic look like a model of good

planning . and so this gives a planning. and so this gives a very, very clear incentive for not just keir starmer, but anybody, any nation that has migrants coming across to their shores to really get a get a wiggle on with trying to smash the gangs, it could not be more important. >> i mean, this comes less than two weeks after 12 people, including six children, died. so i mean, it's getting worse as the weather obviously gets better, david lammy has been on various radio and tv stations this morning, reminding us all of how labour are labour. the government are smashing the gangs. obviously that doesn't seem to be working. we're seeing an increasing numbers crossing now. the one thing i wanted you to explain to us, peter, is that keir starmer is meeting giorgia meloni for talks in rome on monday because italy have had some success at stopping boat migrants getting into italy, haven't they ? haven't they? >> they have indeed, and they're

also actively considering the idea of doing the outsourcing, the processing of migrant claims to albania, which, is something that keir starmer has expressed an interest in, although he does say, look, it is very , very say, look, it is very, very early days and of course it's worth bearing in mind that there's a fundamental difference between the albanian scheme touted now by the italians and indeed the rwanda scheme, which keir starmer dumped when he got in. and that big difference is that if people are granted asylum, and it has to be pointed out that most of them actually are, then if in the albanian scheme, they would be allowed back into the country, into italy, in this case, whereas with the rwanda scheme they would get jetted off. the idea was to get them jetted off and they would never be allowed to come back, which is a very, very big difference indeed. >> now that's not quite up and

running yet, is it? there has been delays on that. the other deal that italy appear to have doneis deal that italy appear to have done is by paying tunisia ,105 million to boost border security, to stop them leaving tunisia and heading to italy in the first place. now that seems to have seen crossings across that particular route drop by 62%. do you think this is something that keir starmer would be considering, with france improving the deal we have with france to stop people leaving the french shores ? leaving the french shores? >> well, it is a it was a matter of discussion when he, when he visited france a little while ago and indeed likewise with the germans and of course, the, the outreach there does make a great deal of sense. i mean, i have to say that, so far that the government has actually announced the setting up of a border security security command ,

border security security command, which would actually tie in, m16 and various other security agencies. but i have to note that they have not yet actually hired a person to run it. therefore i it seems as if it's not actually the absolute top of their priority list. but then in fairness to the prime minister, and you're quite right, of course it is sir keir starmer and not the other bloke, i mean , and not the other bloke, i mean, keir starmer made the same mistake quite a few times in prime minister's questions, remember. so you're not alone there. lovely lovely dawn, but but but there is a great deal more to be done . and of course, more to be done. and of course, there is so much other stuff kicking around at present. we have the report last week about the dire state of the nhs and the dire state of the nhs and the prisons release, and how that's been horribly gone horribly wrong. but at the same time, there aren't enough spaces in prisons to put people in. the whole system is about to collapse. so i dare say he's got 1 or 2 other things on his mind. >> yeah, absolutely. and there's

so many pesky pensioners who are still millionaires. obviously, as well. sarcasm there. thank you very much, peter spencer. thank you very much for joining us this morning. my pleasure . us this morning. my pleasure. thank you. now let's see what my panel make of this author and broadcaster, amy nicole turner and writer and journalist emma woolf. i'm going to come to you first on this one, amy. obviously tragic news again, more people losing their lives in the channel. david lammy all over the place this morning talking about smashing gangs. not actually happening, not working. people are still dying. >> yeah. and i think that that will continue to be the case. and until we take the demand away for the gangs and the way we take the demand away is by bringing in more safe and legal routes, because if people don't have a legitimate way to claim asylum, then they're going to take irregular routes. and when you talk, when we talk about pushing the problem back, we talk about, oh, italy are pushing back to tunisia. tunisia are pushing back. well, you're not actually dealing . you're not not actually dealing. you're not you're not preventing any

deaths. you're just changing their location. we need to cooperate. europe need to cooperate. europe need to cooperate to admit that we can take more grant. we can grant more refugee claims, and we can have we can house more refugees. because to me, it's a moral imperative here. if people need to claim asylum around the world, then europe need to open their doors like they historically have. >> well, i'm just a bit confused about this housing refugees, emma, because we have a housing crisis in this country. we don't have enough homes for people as it is, we are we're also we're already putting migrants and prisoners just released prisoners just released prisoners up in hotels, which is costing millions, do you have high hopes for keir starmer going out to italy and talking to giorgia meloni about what the hauans to giorgia meloni about what the italians have done? do you think it's going to come back with any kind of solution? no, not really . kind of solution? no, not really. >> we need immediate action on this. we need urgent action for amy to say that we can we can house more refugees. i think that raised my eyebrows. i think it raised quite a lot of grant

refugee status . not not putting refugee status. not not putting hotels. refugee migrants process the claims. we don't have space for our own people. we don't have space for our own people in this country. so we do have space. we. well many, many people are homeless, many prisoners, as you say, and migrants are being put up in hotels to hear david lammy this morning. and do i have any hopes for this meeting with giorgia meloni, which looks very lovely on screen? a lovely sunny day in italy. keir starmer doing pretty much what he did when he jetted over to washington with our hopeless , embarrassing, complete hopeless, embarrassing, complete joke of a foreign secretary, david lammy, which is one of the great sit on the fence with david lammy. honestly, shall i, shall i sit on the fence? more on clown. i mean, this is one of the great offices of state dawn to see david lammy going over there in his black trainers. i knew you'd embarrass the trainers. well, yeah, it is embarrassing. my four year old wears smarter school shoes to school than that man wore to that meeting with the president of the free world. but no to see david lammy this morning on kuenssberg saying it was awful that there's a further loss of life. yes we have, we've seen a

few weeks ago six children dead, a pregnant woman died. we are not doing anything about this. keir starmer has been saying for months before even getting into power, we're going to smash the criminal gangs, the way to smash the criminal gangs, the way to stop this crisis to just address your point, amy, is to smash the criminal gangs. it's not about but you're not dealing with the. >> but that doesn't look like people are still going to while those roots are there. >> while they can pay someone thousands of pounds to get on a totally unseaworthy rubber dinghy, which, as peter spencer said, there is totally unseaworthy. not even wearing life jackets. over 50 people on that boat last night. eight people are dead. very, very. i don't want those deaths. it's not immoral of me to say no. they need to stop. they need to stop those boats, those dinghies taking off from the french coast and coming over on the channel also. that's why people are dying. >> what i'm saying. so. but i think your argument lacks. it's a bit like with the drug gangs , a bit like with the drug gangs, you can say smash the gang, smash the gangs, but they're always going to pop up. >> no, no, that's your leaders. no, that's your leader's statement. smash the gangs. >> you need to take away the

demand for these irregular routes. otherwise they're still going to be offered. >> you're saying by softening up our rules, i'm saying allow people legally . people legally. >> deterrent measures don't work because they're proven not to work. they cost billions every yeah work. they cost billions every year. and the more cost efficient and the more moral thing to do would be to give safe and legal legal routes. >> well, we can talk about what we think, but actually we're talking about what keir starmer is doing. your prime minister is saying he's not my premier. he's the one who said he will smash the. well, i'm sure you voted for him. he will smash the criminal gangs. >> interestingly, i didn't vote for labour, but that's by the by voter . voter. >> yeah. right. >> yeah. right. >> and but the thing is it does work. i mean, as we know, by paying work. i mean, as we know, by paying tunisia to stop boats leaving the tunisian coast to go to italy, italy has seen a 62%. >> but what i'm saying is the deaths are still happening. they're just happening somewhere else. so yes, they are, because when you walk through the mountains, say when you come from afghanistan, down that bit of the country into the other country, that's where people are dying. people are not not leaving countries because italy have said, no, you're not coming in here. they're just going different routes and dying in

different routes and dying in different places. so if we offer safe and legal routes, then we are actually preventing the deaths that we say are tragedy. >> i'm talking about stopping people dying in the channel, in our channel, then what italy are doing does make sense. >> it does. same with germany withdrawing. you know , generous withdrawing. you know, generous benefits and housing to migrants. this stuff does work. and i do respect your view about pushing. and i've said for a long time, we need to deal with the situations at source. we're sending £11 billion of foreign aid. what about some of that money goes to useful places where we can deal with the problems at source, but people are still going to want to come. they will get on terribly dangerous boats with risking their lives. >> people will talk about the pull factors here. oh, we offer them this. we offer them that. actually, in france, migrants are offered higher benefits. they get more money in france. so it doesn't really stand up to say that. >> but we know that england is extreme . britain is extremely extreme. britain is extremely popular. a lot of most people speak english. so we know that there are those reasons. >> britain. but yeah, exactly. speaking english, having family here. but i don't believe borders, hopeless asylum system ,

borders, hopeless asylum system, hopeless deportation. >> you know, basically if you get here, you can go, you can just disappear. you're never going to be deported. that's one of the things that if it's drawing people, if it's true, amy, that we offer a we offer a worse deal than than france, than french do, >> why are so many still to come? and why is the french interior minister himself said the problem with us stopping the boats is britain is too generous to migrants. >> i think that's a fallacy, because every time you said it, he might have said it. but if we were really serious about stopping people getting into the boats and crossing the channel, then why wouldn't we process their claims in france? that would stop it immediately, and then we could grant refugee status. they could come here. they would never live in a hotel. they would come here, pay taxes like everyone else and be part of society. >> but i just don't see that happening. >> but we've given millions. >> but we've given millions. >> i think some people have tried that, haven't they? >> haven't they? we've given millions to france, of course they should be. why is our government not holding them to account? and saying, why is the situation not being dealt with

over there ? over there? >> well, i would agree with you. i don't want people dying in the channel. >> i don't want people giving refugee status and then be able to carry on their lives here. >> but it sounds as though one is so immoral. if one says, we need to stop the boats, it's keir starmer who's been talking for months about smashing the criminal gangs and is signally failing to do so. he's getting distracted by freezing pensioners to death and, you know, setting up football regulators, which i'm sure we'll talk about later. >> we are coming on to football regulator's priorities at the moment . moment. >> those pesky pensioners, they keep getting in the way of everything i know they do. >> why don't we just freeze them to death? then at least they won't bother us anymore. >> well, decrease the waiting lists on the nhs. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> just a thought. i am being joking. by the way, this is the one story that's got all of you very annoyed and me included. i can't believe what we're doing to older people in this country. i know, but we have to move on. unfortunately for all the best analysis and opinion on that story, please do go to our website @gbnews. com i'm dawn neesom. this is gb news and there's loads more coming up on today's show including happy birthday to you, the royal

family, including prince and princess of wales , have wished princess of wales, have wished the duke of sussex a very happy 40th birthday is a harry slowly being welcomed back into that royal fold ? though all of that royal fold? though all of that and much more to come. this is gb news brits news we'll see you

soon. and welcome back to the weekend with me, dawn neesom. thank you for joining me on this sunday afternoon. hope you are indeed having a lovely weekend, it's birthday boy, isn't it? today prince harry is 40. i know , i prince harry is 40. i know, i can't believe it. i remember him as a little kid. i interviewed his mum back in the day, the duke of sussex has released an 84 word statement ahead of today, praising his two children, archie and lilibet, and speaking of the fresh perspective he's gained on life after becoming a father,

curiously, there was no mention of his wife meghan in there, which is unusual because they're normally glued like limpets to one another's side. the prince will be celebrating his birthday at his californian home with the aforementioned meghan and friends joining me now is former royal correspondent charles rea charles. thank you very much for joining us. now it's the birthday boy. i can't believe that harry is actually 40. it seems like five minutes ago is a little boy, what do you make of the plans to celebrate? and the fact that william and kate and the king and camilla have both put birthday messages up on their websites? >> well, hello my lovely. if i start off now, it's interesting that he has received messages from both , william and from both, william and catherine, as well as the king and camilla. but let's not run away with any thoughts of olive branches or bridges being built or anything else being built . or anything else being built. now, if you look at the message

from william and catherine that comes from their office, they will have given the nod to that, that message to go out. but normally the ones that they do themselves would normally carry their initials. william and catherine. there are no initials. so it's perfunctory. and these messages are usually reserved for working royals . and reserved for working royals. and the queen made it almost a rule unwritten rule that any royal who's birthday ends in a zero gets a message as well. it's that simple. it's not a it's not a oh, come on back, harry. all is forgiven. you're back in and all that sort of stuff. no, forget about it. >> oh, well , that doesn't sound >> oh, well, that doesn't sound very personal, does it? i mean , very personal, does it? i mean, so, i mean, you know, we keep talking about harry making plans to get back into the royal fold. and will it happen? is talking to his old mates over here, but there doesn't seem to be any realistic sign of it, does there? >> well, john, i'm sure his old

mates and some members of the spencer family, and i'm not having a go at them for it, because that's what families do. >> they want to have happy families and i'm sure that they would like to have all, all nice and everything else, all talking to each other, all getting in into the same room and not shouting and screaming at each other. but there are no real signs. i mean, there are no real signs. i mean, there are no real signs from harry that he wants to come back. i mean , this to come back. i mean, this stupid suggestion that he could come back and maybe do the odd royal job. it's daft . remember, royal job. it's daft. remember, the queen was quite clear when harry and meghan . and let's not harry and meghan. and let's not forget, it was harry and meghan, not members of the royal family. harry and meghan wanted to leave the royal family and she said you can't be half in, you can't be half out. you're either in or you're out. it's that simple. harry and meghan were the ones who wanted to go off and make their own money. no problem with that whatsoever. but you can't then suddenly say, oh, i'll come back and maybe open a flower show occasionally or go to w.i. or whatever. it doesn't work like that ,

like that, >> charles, a third of brits would actually support prince harry returning to royal duties. no mention of meghan in this poll whether they'd support her coming back over here with him. yeah. look, zero birthdays as we all know, are times when you look back on where you've been and you look forward to where you're going , where do you think you're going, where do you think harry is actually going ? harry is actually going? >> i'm not terribly sure, but you mentioned that poll down. a third of brits want harry harry back 60%. then don't want harry back. >> i knew you were going to do that, charles. i knew that. >> i mean, it's not it's not a rise in his popularity. there are some people who would like to have harry back, and he was a popular member of the royal family when he and meghan were both working royals. people adored him. fantastic. but they took their toys out of the pram and headed off. i don't know where he's going in the future. i mean , i'm not even sure what i mean, i'm not even sure what he's doing anymore or whether he's doing anymore or whether he's whether he's still, progressing with netflix

projects or whatever. we'll just have to we'll just have to wait and see. but if anybody thinks that just because he gets a twitter message or an instagram message from members of the royal family and it's all going to be, you know, smooth running from now on, i'm afraid that's just not going to happen. >> oh, it doesn't sound like a very happy birthday after all, does it? charles rea, thank you very much for joining does it? charles rea, thank you very much forjoining us and bringing us up to date on prince harry's 40th birthday today and getting a sort of fairly, plain message. it's sort of like a moonpig message, isn't it? there's no signature on it. it's just like happy birthday from the royal account. not from the royals themselves, by the sounds of it. anyway. so let's see what my panel make of this. we have amy turner and emma woolf still with us. emma, coming to you first on this one. are you going to sing a rousing chorus of happy? no, you're not, are you? a rousing chorus of happy birthday to harry? >> i'm not. i don't think he needs my happy birthday. i think the word there is perfunctory. these messages were carefully coded. they're pretty muted. they're pretty lukewarm. they were perfunctory. office

messages wishing him happy birthday. i think the senior royals just thought, you know, it'll cause more hassle, it'll cause more controversy. and speculation if we don't just put out a message , they just put out out a message, they just put out a message. it's not personal. it's not you know, big a little, bro. happy birthday bro. can't wait to see blah blah blah. there's been absolutely. as charles says, there's been no sign on either side of a desire for a thawing. although harry, we understand that he may want to come back purely because his life, his vegan yoga lifestyle in montecito sounds so miserable. i think he's very miserable. i think he's very miserable . but if only, as you miserable. but if only, as you say, zero birthdays. i've never heard that phrase, but big birthdays are a time for reflection . why doesn't he use reflection. why doesn't he use look at the last decade? for him, it's been pretty momentous, pretty eventful. a lot of changes. i think he met meghan probably probably 2013 around then. anyway. probably about ten years. but why not use turning 40 as a time to put the bitterness behind him, to put the addiction to like legal

lawsuits against the royal family, against the press, against the tabloids , put all against the tabloids, put all that behind him and start afresh with his life over on the west coast, with his kids and his lovely wife. why not do that ? lovely wife. why not do that? >> do you think that is what he's going to do? do you think he's going to do? do you think he will actually just, you know, look forward to the future? do you think he's happy? >> i think that's part of moving into the future. i think that's part of what he's doing that he puts it. he's putting everything behind him by dealing with it, particularly with the stuff regarding the press and the cases regarding the press. a big part of the closure on that is deaung part of the closure on that is dealing with it and putting it to bed that way, which i think is for good harry, actually. but i think when we think about when he turned 30, right, where was he? so he just got back from his military service. he founded the invictus games and he just broken up with cressida bonas. she was a single guy cut ten years forward. he's a married man living in la with a five year old and a two year old. but also the changes in the royal family. so at the moment kate

middleton's just thankfully recovered and i reckon she's having a big moments like that make you reassess everything, don't they? and i think last year they didn't wish him a happy birthday. so it is it is progress that is a little olive branch. i know what you're saying. i know what you're saying. i know what you're saying about it being like this endless bebe post on facebook or something is very businessy or whatever, but it's something it's something because it's 40, you know, his dad is currently battling cancer, and it's a time when the family are going to come back together. surely? i think it'd be great if they did. >> i don't want families to be divided. i think family fallings out are some of the saddest things. you know, i'm sure we've all experienced family problems in our own families. all experienced family problems in our own families . i don't in our own families. i don't take any pleasure in the fact that the royal family are clearly, deeply divided, but look at where that comes from, harry said. said and did some unforgivable things in his memoir. really incredibly hurtful things about his father, about his father's wife, about his big brother. clearly, he and

william have deep seated issues going back many years, but frankly, you know, he's not putting anything behind him. he's pursuing these high court cases. he just needs. part of growing up is sometimes saying, just let it go. but he can't change that. >> his mission, let it go hasn't he's and i think he's made it his mission on behalf of other victims of similar incidents involving the press and it's part of who he is going forward. but he's said victim . but he's said victim. >> what celebrities? i mean, phone hacking help the victims. help victims by so many people going and doing good work didn't have the means to be able to pursue those court cases. >> and i think he's doing it with them and for them as much as himself. >> that's for himself. that is not humanitarian work, charity projects also for himself . projects also for himself. >> it's got a fantastic aid charity. he's got what i said, the invictus games. he's putting himself to good use with these charity projects, and i think he's aiming to do more of that over the next ten years. and yet, to your earlier question, i think he's very happy. >> okay , excellent. we'll leave >> okay, excellent. we'll leave it there. we are running out of time, this is gb news. i'm dawn neesom. there is loads more coming up on today's show, so you don't really want to move a

muscle, brand new analysis has revealed only half of patients find it easy to reach their family doctor surgery on the phone with elderly people. yes, them again giving up before getting help from gps altogether. the very generation that need it more than any of us. all that and much more to come after your latest headlines with sophie reaper lakshmi parthasarathy . parthasarathy. >> thank you don. it's just after 1:30. and these are your latest headlines . eight migrants latest headlines. eight migrants have died overnight whilst trying to cross the channel. french authorities have confirmed the french maritime prefecture for the english channel and north sea, said 53 migrants were on board a boat, which got into difficulty off the coast of northern france. a rescue operation was launched, but eight people were later confirmed dead. this news comes less than two weeks after a separate incident where 12 migrants died after a boat sank off the french coastline. it's been alleged that sir keir starmer has broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare

donations of clothing for his wife , victoria. the sunday times wife, victoria. the sunday times has reported that the gifts came from labour donor lord alli, and covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for the pm's wife during the election campaign. sir keir tried to make the declaration earlier this week but as mps are required to register gifts within 28 days, he was too late and there could still be more trouble for the government, as it's revealed pensioners could be left £1,000 worse off this winter. this comes on top of suggestions that labour could also axe the single person discount on council tax. that's at next month's budget. the party have thus far refused to rule this out, stating that difficult decisions need to be made in order to fill the so—called 22 billion black hole left by the conservatives. today marks the 40th birthday of the duke of sussex, prince harry, the youngest son of the king, will celebrate the start of his 40s at his californian home with

his wife meghan and their children archie and lilibet. the prince has said he was anxious to turn 30, but that he's excited about 40 and his mission is now doing good in the world. earlier, royal commentator jennie bond wished harry a happy birthday but said she feels it's unlikely he'll be returning to the uk anytime soon. >> i don't think he wants to come back either permanently to live here or to have a royal role. i think he's happy with the bed he has made. i don't think that he really expected his documentaries and his book to explode quite so viciously into the heart of the royal family and create the rift that it has. but i think that he is not looking for a way back because he's very happy. he's got the freedom he wanted . got the freedom he wanted. >> and finally, today is the 84th anniversary of the battle of britain, a military campaign that was seen as a turning point of world war ii. the british

royal air force fought the german luftwaffe in the skies over the uk, with the brits claiming a victory that is now commemorated each year on the 15th of september. 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

>> hello! welcome back to the weekend with me. dawn neesom have you got a nice cup of tea or seeing as it's sunday lunchtime, maybe something stronger? we deserve it, don't we? now, when's the last time you saw your gp? good question. i haven't seen mine for three years. well, elderly people are increasingly giving up on getting nhs treatment as they

struggle to beat the 8 am. scramble for an appointment. we've all been there , haven't we've all been there, haven't we? hit the phone at 8:00. your 356 is in the queue. please wait. your call is important to us. you walk past the surgery and all the receptionists are sitting there, not on the phone. what's happening? well, the government has promised to end the early doors rush. but for many surgeries , this means many surgeries, this means moving booking to online where vulnerable people will get even more lost and confused than they are already. and we do seem to be in the realm of giving a pension or a good old kicking, don't we? age concern are particularly concerned about this report are in the telegraph today. i think it is about sort of like, you know, 1 in 8 people are unable to speak to anybody at their gp's whatsoever. and caroline abrahams, director of charity age concerns, we've heard of experiences of older people completely giving up the si king treatment as they can't get any of the systems to work for them. amy what is it with old people at the moment that we just seem to be giving them a blooming good kick in whatever way we turn?

>> i think it feels like that, but really it just because of the winter fuel allowance, which obviously exclusively affects pensioners. now, most stories are being, angled towards pensioners. so the single person council tax that's now being called the widow tax when actually it affects single young single single parents and likewise people . yeah, it likewise people. yeah, it affects quite a lot of older people, but other people are included as well. and i think this is a similar one. so this also affects people with learning difficulties, people with mental health and people. and also you're ringing your gp so you have an issue. you have a health issue. so you need to have an easy direct contact because you're not feeling very good. so that's another thing. but i think this all has come out of covid because during covid we kind of tried to digitise everything and make everything more remote for obvious reasons. we had to at the time, but then nothing's properly recovered back to how it was before . so i think it's it was before. so i think it's just the trickle of covid, which is keeping this digital first ethos across gp appointments. but the government is saying, oh, it's okay, because, you know, we're putting on a

thousand extra gps, but how many constituencies are there? is that two? about two per constituency, maybe three if you're lucky, so it sounds great, but i don't think it's enough, so i'm not happy. >> no. look, the digital world, the cashless world, all of that is increasingly shutting out the elderly and the elderly do tend to be less able to manage triage systems online, that kind of thing, to wait and hold on the phone and keep going and press repeat and all of that stuff that we kind of have to do and just get on with. ironically, the elderly are going to need the elderly are going to need the nhs more than ever this winter as they get very cold when elderly people get cold, they get sick. >> but . >> but. >> but. >> keir starmer promised 40. what was it, 40,000 new appointments from day one if he was elected, 40,000 new appointments and ironically , appointments and ironically, dawn, it's the elderly who have mostly paid into the system, worked all their lives, paid their taxes into a system. the nhs, which i think is still just about a brilliant system. i still think it's amazing that

you get world class treatment, mostly for free. i still think it's worth saving, but my goodness, the nhs is in a mess. and when you talk to elderly people, i was trying to explain to my mum about how you have to apply for pension credit. she just went i don't even know where to begin and that's a lot of older people are going to be saying, i don't know , i'm saying, i don't know, i'm getting a state pension, but i don't know if i get this, i don't know if i get this, i don't know. they're just confused by it all. and sadly, this this latest stats about the nhs and about trying to get those, those appointments that they need, the elderly need that stuff, but they can't pay and go private. >> it's vulnerable people, isn't it? it's vulnerable people, people who struggle with accessing things online or like you said, with cash. and so it's the elderly is also vulnerable people, but pension credit , people, but pension credit, almost a million pensioners are eligible and haven't, haven't appued eligible and haven't, haven't applied and qualified for it. yeah, but the winter fuel allowance, i think the messaging has been absolutely terrible on this because emma just said people are going to need to use the nhs more because they're going to be freezing, without

noting that because of the triple lock, the pension, the state pension is going up by over £1,000 this year, so they're going to recoup that winter fuel allowance with the rise in state pension thanks to the triple lock. and it frustrates me that keir starmer isn't hammering this with every message that he makes about this winter fuel cut that the problem with there's two problems with the triple lock pension. >> a it's going to happen next yeah >> a it's going to happen next year. so people have got to get through winter first. and b it will drag a lot of pensioners with the fiscal drag because tax thresholds frozen into paying tax. so it's a bit of a smoke. >> and amy you are rational. but pensioners and elderly people i'm only bringing up my mother because i was trying to have a rational conversation with her. i said, look, you are eligible for this. they get terrified. they get terrified . i already they get terrified. i already know so many. sounds like you do, dawn. people just saying i'm not going to put the heating on this winter. they don't want to be in debt. they don't want to be in debt. they don't want to be racking up massive bills. you are absolutely right. lots of them are eligible. why doesn't them are eligible. why doesn't the government just say everyone who's eligible for pension credit, you'll be granted it .

credit, you'll be granted it. granted it. but the problem with elderly people is they can't grapple through pages and pages. about 240 questions that you have to answer. yes. if you get through on the helpline, someone will go through those questions with you . but a how are you with you. but a how are you going to get through? have you ever tried calling up hmrc on january the 29th? or you know, we all know about those government helplines. we know about them. you don't get through. >> but this is kind of the point. >> why not do it for them? we were almost coming at the same point from different perspectives because because i think it's important that we are responsible and we this narrative of pensioners are going to freeze. >> people are living in one room like those stories . so we've got like those stories. so we've got tory mps saying there are people in my constituency who only switch the heating on in one room over the winter. well, that was before the winter fuel allowance was cut. so that's a problem that you need to solve external to this winter fuel cut. but also we need to emphasise that people can apply for pension credit that aren't. and we need to emphasise that the state pension is going up. so people aren't as fearful and terrified of the winter coming down the road . down the road. >> the application for pension credit easier. it's 240. well, just grant it. questions.

>> don't , don't. why not just >> don't, don't. why not just grant it? if you are eligible, then you get it granted to you. >> but i think most people, nearly everyone is against this winter fuel cut. i am against this winter fuel allowance cut the union. but it is important to also put across the messaging of the ways people can manage it well. >> let us know what you think out there, because i know a lot of you are angry about this very subject. gbnews.com/yoursay please do get in touch. we'll read out as many of your messages. certainly, if you've got a personal story as well. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news and there's lots more coming up on today's show. it is a huge weekend for sport as the premier league has returned, but uefa has warned that england could be excluded from the 2,028, which are over here. by the way, it's slightly embarrassing. we'll all the latest on that we'll see you very

soon. hello, welcome back to the

weekend with me, dawn neesom. hope you're having a lovely sunday afternoon out there . sunday afternoon out there. thank you for joining sunday afternoon out there. thank you forjoining me. i'm thank you for joining me. i'm going to talk football because it's a big weekend for football obviously. and europe's football governing body, uefa, has said that england could be banned from its own tournament in 2028 if keir starmer moves ahead with plans to create a men's football regulator ahead of the uk and ireland jointly hosting those euros. uefa's general secretary says there's no place for government interference in sport. it's a lot more complicated than it actually sounds. i've got an expert on hand to explain it. sports broadcaster aidan magee aiden make this very, very understandable. >> so we've known for some years now that there is going to be a football regulator within the sport. the reason that came about , owing sport. the reason that came about, owing to a sport. the reason that came about , owing to a white sport. the reason that came about, owing to a white paper that went through parliament, was that the government was fed up. there was a fan led review . up. there was a fan led review. the fans were the ones who communicated this to government. they said that we don't like the way that owners can buy clubs

and load debts and leave them in the lurch. we don't like the distribution model at all. the premier league gets all the tv money, everyone else gets nothing else. it cause everyone else gets much less. it causes a massive disparity between the haves and the have nots . it haves and the have nots. it means that when three clubs come down from the premier league, they get £100 million for finishing bottom or in the bottom three, and they're probably going to come back up again because they've got more money than anyone else. there are also issues around ticket prices, anything that could affect a fan and their enjoyment of the game. and to be fair, the fa were warned several times if you don't get your house in order and prove that you can tackle these issues, including the distribution model, then we will come in and we will form a regulator. now it was decided under rishi sunak that a regulator would happen. we're now waiting with bated breath to find out what kind of teeth it's going to have. so that's where the politics comes into play. now this is why we're going to talk about 115 charges leveraged against city two years ago in a few moments, because the case starts in in private tomorrow. but that was because the politics behind that is that the premier league wanted to show the government that they could deal with their own. we don't

need a regulator. we can we can punish, we can look at us, our most celebrated club, our most successful club over the last ten years. we're going to punish them now. they've got to punish them now. they've got to punish them first because they've got to win their case. but that's the politics behind this. and that's what the timing was about. this here, the uefa coming from nowhere, coming from left field and saying we're going to ban you from your own tournament in 2028. if you if you form a regulator, because we don't want to see politics coming into football. now, the reality is we've already seen politics come into football. two years ago, when the government bought chelsea or took chelsea and sold it to another, another organisation in spain, we regularly see the governments over there buying training grounds belonging to barcelona and real madrid, and selling them back at a peppercorn rent. so we see government intervention everywhere. and so reading between the lines and knowing, knowing the premier league and the fa as i do, i would suggest that somebody who's frightened of the regulator and the teeth, it may have has said to uefa, look, do us a favour, put some pressure on the government. and so there's a letter a letter went out yesterday, as you mentioned, from uefa to the culture secretary, lisa nandy, saying if you don't, if we're worried about a regulator affecting

football and you might have the you might. >> from what i understand, lisa nandy has had this letter since the beginning of september. >> well, yeah, probably. well, that should tell you how important it is to her, because it's probably not that important because i don't see why not. although i'm against the regulator, there is absolutely no way that a government, a government that talks in billions and hundreds of billions, as all governments do, is going to be frightened of an organisation like uefa, which doesn't even dominate world football. it'sjust doesn't even dominate world football. it's just european football. it's just european football at all, you know, completely straight down the line as well. >> so just quickly, we're running out of time. but basically the idea behind this is to help lower league clubs and grassroots football. but that wouldn't have happened. >> no, i don't think it's been happening. i think it's a fair point, but that can still happen if we have a regulator. but it depends. the clubs don't want one thing i learned working in newspapers for years is the last thing. the clubs you can write anything about a football club but don't go into their finances. they hate that and that's exactly what a regulator will do. they'll be scrutinising everything and the owners of premier league clubs, the fa and everybody else do not want that at all costs. do you think any cost. yes, i think it will happen. yeah. i don't know about on the teeth. i just don't know . on the teeth. i just don't know. we're waiting. we're waiting on

the scope. look something. if it has some power, it might do some good. but i can't think of any regulators in this country in any other walk of life that have done any good, to be honest with. i don't know what example they could be looking at to take their lead from. >> right. okay fine. thank you very much, aidan. right. we're running out of time, but don't go too far. we are talking russia after this break. but first, let's find out what the weather is like for you with honour. honoun >>a honoun >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good afternoon and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office . well, as we head into office. well, as we head into next week, we have high pressure building. so that means plenty of fine and dry weather around and some fairly warm days on offer too. for the end of the weekend though, we do have this cold front which is slowly edging its way towards the southeast of the country, and that's bringing in some cloud and some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. now as we head into the evening, there will still be some rain and drizzle towards the south, but it is generally

easing and should just be largely cloudy. and that means it's going to be a fairly mild night compared to recent nights. to the north of this, though, plenty of clear skies and light winds, so we're likely to see some mist and fog develop overnight, particularly in north western parts . and it's going to western parts. and it's going to be fairly chilly too. so in rural areas, likely to see some spots of grass frost. so as i say to start monday morning there should be plenty of fine bright weather around, but there's likely to be some mist and fog in places as well, particularly in those rural spots. so even though there'll be bright sunshine, do take care for the monday morning commute, particularly in northern parts of wales, northwest england, where there could be some quite dense fog in places towards the south. a fairly cloudy start still could be the drips and drabs of rain and drizzle across hilly areas, but any mist and fog and cloud is generally going to be lifting and breaking through the course of the day. as that high pressure builds, and that means plenty of fine and that means plenty of fine and dry conditions to start the new working week . perhaps a bit new working week. perhaps a bit more high cloud in the northwest

towards the end of the day, perhaps even seeing some rain and drizzle creeping into the outer hebrides, but otherwise plenty of fine dry weather and feeling fairly warm as well, with highs of 22 celsius down in the southeast into the evening . the southeast into the evening. feeling quite chilly as soon as the sun goes down. likely to see some frost once again and some mist and fog, but still more in the way of cloud feeding into the way of cloud feeding into the northwest . and as we head the northwest. and as we head into the next week, high pressure sticking around. so once again, lots of fine, warm, sunny weather around . sunny weather around. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. >> good afternoon. it's 2:00 on sunday. the 15th of september. and why am i telling you the time? it's a sunday afternoon. unless you're looking at the clock to get your roast out of

the oven or something or other, just sit back, chill. it's sunday. you deserve to put your feet up. this is the weekend and it's gb news now. we've got a cracking hour coming up for you, starting off with a story that's on a couple of your front pages this morning, five former defence secretaries and the next prime minister have urged keir starmer to allow ukraine to use its long—range missiles to strike inside russia, even without the us backing. is the uk playing with fire here, or should charity bring it home? we're spending a lot of money on ukraine, remember? and prince harry turns 40. it's his birthday today and he's got wishes from his dad and his brother, both on social media, but not that personal. so it does make you wonder , is harry does make you wonder, is harry slowly being welcomed back or are they just going through those motions? and i don't know if you saw it. i had forced myself to watch it. strictly come dancing returned to our screens last night with 5.4 million people are tuning in, but no mention of the recent controversies surrounding the programme is strictly,

completely out of step. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend . neesom and this is the weekend. but this show is nothing without you and your views, and i promise that i will get through it as many as i can. so many are getting in touch , certainly many getting in touch, certainly many of you about the winter fuel allowance, theresa said we will not coma pensioners , we are just not coma pensioners, we are just trying to help ourselves. it's like so many of you got so many heartbreaking stories and i will get through as many as i can. let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're talking about. if you want to talk about your own personal experience of how you're going to get through this winter, very simple to do to gbnews.com/yoursay and join in our conversation, keeping me company on today's show is author and broadcaster amy nicole turner and writer and journalist emma woolf. thank you very much for joining journalist emma woolf. thank you very much forjoining me on a sunday afternoon. but before we

get stuck into all of today's stories, here is the news with sophie reaper for you . sophie reaper for you. >> thank you. dawn. it's 2:02 and these are your latest gb news headlines. eight migrants have died overnight whilst trying to cross the channel. french authorities have confirmed the french maritime prefecture for the english channel and north sea said 53 migrants were on board a boat, which got into difficulty off the coast of northern france. a rescue operation was launched, but eight people were later confirmed dead. this news comes less than two weeks after a separate incident where 12 migrants died after a boat sank off the french coastline. it's been alleged that sir keir starmer has broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife , victoria. the sunday times wife, victoria. the sunday times has reported that the gifts came from labour donor lord alli and covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations

for the pm's wife during the election campaign. speaking earlier, foreign secretary david lammy defended the pm's actions. let's take a listen to what he had to say . had to say. >> this is not a breach of transparency rules. it's a prime minister that's acting positively to make sure that everything is above board and this money comes from a long standing over two decades. lord alli has been in the house of lords. he has been a big supporter of the labour party. he's a self—made man, and i think there is nothing to see here really . here really. >> and there could be more trouble for sir keir's government. as it's been revealed, pensioners could be left £1,000 worse off this winter . this comes on top of winter. this comes on top of suggestions that labour could also act the single person discount on council tax at next month's budget. the party have thus far refused to rule this out, stating that difficult decisions need to be made in order to fill the so—called £22

billion black hole left by the previous government. today is the second day of the lib dem party conference in brighton and in the next few minutes. party leader sir ed davey is scheduled to start a q&a session over there . the party's education there. the party's education spokesperson, munira wilson, has also given the keynote speech today in which she called for 900,000 additional free school meals for pupils in poverty. a man freed from prison as part of the government's early release scheme is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was released. in court documents seen by the pa news agency, the man allegedly re—offended in sittingbourne in kent after getting out of prison on tuesday. he was later arrested in south london and has since been recalled to prison . a since been recalled to prison. a new poll has found that more than 4 in 5 brits believe that junior doctors should accept the new pay deal being offered by the government. the new deal would see the profession get a 22% pay rise over the next two years, an offer that the british

medical association is recommending members accept. the junior doctors have been voting since last month, with the ballot set to close today . today ballot set to close today. today marks the 40th birthday of the duke of sussex, prince harry, the youngest son of the king, will celebrate the start of his 40s at his californian home with his wife meghan and their children archie and lilibet. the prince has said he was anxious to turn 30, but that he's excited about 40 and his mission is now doing good in the world. earlier this morning, the acas account for the royal family wished harry a happy birthday in their first public message for their first public message for the prince since 2021. and finally, the crew of the first ever private space walk have returned to earth this morning. let's take a quick look at the moment that the spacex dragon splashed back down. >> and there you can see. cop26 kwarteng . as you can see on your

kwarteng. as you can see on your screen, and by the cheers behind us, the polaris dawn crew has successfully splashed down those 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. all right. let's get straight into today's story. we've got a packed show for you coming up. so we're going to get through them as much as possible. but remember remember get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay. especially with your stories about the winter fuel allowance. a lot of you very angry , grumpy grandad you very angry, grumpy grandad unked you very angry, grumpy grandad linked two stories together. a lot of you have done actually. good afternoon grumpy by the way, he says , the story about way, he says, the story about assisted dying potentially possibly being rushed through parliament. and grumpy saying i

don't want keir starmer anywhere near that the way he's treating pensioners at the moment, we feel like we're being culled . feel like we're being culled. lots of you are saying that one. obviously it's not happening, but you can't help but put the two and two together, can you? now, former prime minister boris johnson and five ex—defence secretaries are urging keir starmer to grant ukraine the use of british storm missiles to strike inside russia. even without us backing, the prime minister has been in washington trying to persuade president joe biden to grant permission for ukraine to use the uk missiles in russia. but the meeting broke up, seemingly without any agreement. joining me now is former nato commander rear admiral chris parry. chris, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. now it seems like we've gone out there and we haven't really achieved anything, what do you make of what we are hearing literally overnight on this story ? overnight on this story? >> well, dawn, we really shouldn't care, >> storm shadow missiles are british, >> we're a sovereign country. we can make our own decisions about

this, there's obviously an overall strategy that the free world needs in relation to ukraine, but frankly, we shouldn't be discussing this. otherwise we lose the initiative to putin and the russians. >> i mean, sort of like it's with with five former defence secretaries and the next prime minister urging sir keir starmer to just allow the ukraine to go ahead. i mean, that does seem to say that, you know, a lot of people are thinking we need to get a move on with this one. >> yeah, we're either going to support ukraine or we're not. i mean, the fact of life is that storm shadow missiles have already been used against, russian forces in occupied ukraine, so there's very little difference . if you look at it difference. if you look at it from the russian side, the russians consider to ukraine be part of russia anyway. so the impact is going to be the same in perceptual terms, because, i mean , putin has, you know, he mean, putin has, you know, he has stepped up his provocations from last week, didn't he, with a royal navy and the raf

shadowing four russian ships and submarines in the channel. >> raf jets scrambled to intercept a russian strategic bomber . is intercept a russian strategic bomber. is this just empty sabre rattling ? rattling? >> well, i think these interceptions are normal . interceptions are normal. whenever we see russian forces near to the uk, obviously we shadow them and make sure we know what they're up to. i mean, that's a hangover from the cold war. we've been doing it ever since . putin's been more since. putin's been more aggressive, right? since 2008, to tell you the truth , i think to tell you the truth, i think what the russians are trying to signal to us and, of course, they expelled six of our diplomats recently as well , is diplomats recently as well, is that they're worried about the prospect of having to face storm shadow. but for the last two and a half years, the ukrainians have been under constant bombardment by ballistic and cruise missiles from the russians. and i'm afraid to say it's about time the russians got to feel the costs of actually what their leader is doing to them . them. >> chris, many, many viewers and we have this every time we talk about this subject, would rather charity begin at home. we are spending a lot of money

supporting ukraine when, as we've discussed already on this programme, pensioners are going to suffer. certainly this winter , to suffer. certainly this winter, what happens if we don't get as involved in the ukraine as we already are ? already are? >> well, dawn, i know you know the answer to this, really. but the answer to this, really. but the fact, the fact of life is that the free world is facing a hostile coalition of autocratic states, right now russia, china, iran and north korea. and we're seeing china obviously asserting itself in the asia pacific. we're seeing russia pushing onto europe, iran into the greater middle east, and ukraine and israel are right in the front line of that at the moment. and if the free world doesn't support its partners and allies, it will just embolden these totalitarian regimes to spread their influence further, to exert force in their regions. and frankly, if you don't have a free world, you don't get to make decisions about winter fuel payments, hospitals, schools and things like that . whenever things like that. whenever i talk to ukrainians right now,

right at the top of their list is defence. why? because they can't make decisions about anything else because they're under constant threat. now, you know, i don't want people in kent to feel like people in kyiv are feeling, you know , that's are feeling, you know, that's been my whole life as a service officer. and it's the duty of the government. and all right, thinking people to say, look, we've got these totalitarian regimes. they wish us ill. i mean, the fact of life is russia has attacked us with nerve agent twice in the last 15 years. they're undermining our, it systems with cyber attacks, and they're constantly seeking to undermine our infrastructure. it's a phoney war. if you like, at the moment. and the problem is that the russians always have the initiative with regard to what they're going to do and how they're going to escalate. the government's got to take a firm line. it's got to encourage the americans to lead the free world and say, we're not having it. >> great. thank you very much for joining us. former nato forjoining us. former nato commander, rear admiral chris parry. thank you very much,

chris. have a lovely rest of your sunday afternoon , it your sunday afternoon, it doesn't sound very reassuring , doesn't sound very reassuring, emma, does it? we have no choice. we have to be involved now . we're so far down the road, now. we're so far down the road, we have to carry on. yeah, we'll all end up talking russian. >> what baffles me is, why do we supply these long—range, these storm shadow missiles if we don't trust to ukraine make their own military judgement, to make their own decisions and to use them? i mean, keir starmer and our joke of a foreign and ourjoke of a foreign secretary, david lammy, have been out in washington, have returned looking weaker than even returned looking weaker than ever. no conclusion to that meeting . that further emboldens meeting. that further emboldens putin. the more that we delay on this, as chris perry says, we lose the initiative, but also we lose the initiative, but also we lose the initiative, but also we lose the momentum . the more that lose the momentum. the more that we discuss this in public. and we've been discussing storm shadow and whether that should be whether we should allow ukraine to use them. we've been discussing this for at least three weeks now, probably longer , three weeks now, probably longer, the more prepared putin becomes , the more prepared putin becomes, ukraine were actually making progress. they were making. they were incursions into the kursk region. they were making they were finally on the front foot. now putin is being emboldened.

he can see that we're in a mess. he can see that we're in a mess. he can see that we're in a mess. he can see that that no decision has been made. what does that say to him? >> do we do we have to carry on? amy, do you think we've gone too far now? >> oh, i don't think we've gone far enough. and i think when you look at the quotes from the five defence secretaries, and i think bofis defence secretaries, and i think boris johnson's was really enlightening, actually said anything less is inconceivable now. and ben wallace said anything less is appeasing putin. and that's exactly right. we need to do everything we can, because an attack on ukraine is an attack on the west. so when we talk about, everything begins at home. yes, yes, we're talking about our security. this is western security, global security. and so, of course, i think give ukraine everything they need. and then it's up to them how they how they use it. like we would with anyone else. we help arm. >> but it is interesting, isn't it, that there is money in your in your budget, in your wallet. there's money for that, but not for pensioners. and i hate to bnng for pensioners. and i hate to bring it back to that, but it's funny, the decisions that are being made that there is pretty much unlimited. what you're saying is unlimited resources. we have to this is about western

security. we have to give that money and we are not caring and sharing with the people at home. but it's exactly what chris said. >> if you don't have security, if you don't have national security, then you don't have the luxury to making decisions about winter fuel payments and the budget and anything like that. but maybe it's so fundamental. >> maybe if you're 93, you don't really care. so much about that. you care about what's happening every single day for you , what's every single day for you, what's happening over the next few weeks and winter hostile dictator should be pretty up there for anyone who values their freedom here in the west, pensioners , young people, pensioners, young people, anyone? no, i, i agree across the spectrum. i agree with you. i've just said we are definitely the most important. absolutely have to talk and act tough with putin. i agree with you completely. i'm just questioning this narrative about we have to give them whatever they need and the decisions the government are making and the decisions about pubuc making and the decisions about public sector pay and the decisions about money for other things. when we can't just start with the basics, which is looking after the most vulnerable in our society. i know i've gone completely off topic there, but it is about a

lot of recovery. the unpopular decisions, making those tough choices that we keep hearing from the prime minister. and it is such a narrative and what fascinates me about the messages coming in and what viewers are feeling. and every single programme i've done in the last few weeks. this thing about winter fuel, it's not going away. it is really angered people, a single thing. >> unless we have security. it's fundamental to absolutely everything. >> just try being but just try in your mind, try being 91 and how short sighted then aren't you? >> because if you look at it in the if you're 91, you are probably quite short sighted. >> i'm thinking about your life. >> i'm thinking about your life. >> i'm thinking about your life. >> i need my £300 winter fuel allowance instead of global security. then i think you've got your priorities slightly flawed. >> really? do you? yes. >> really? do you? yes. >> i was a pensioner and i was sat at home wrapped in a blanket in a freezing cold room. i'm not sure i would care about billions. i mean, we are talking probably. i don't know how much a storm shadow costs. i don't know how much each tank and each missile cost, but really look at the money that can go to that and is being sent out abroad or 11 billion for foreign aid.

>> but this money will at the moment we do absolutely everything to find peace. >> and then there's no more money. if you put along like giving here and giving there, then you're going to end up running out. then the money's going to be spent endlessly. this is about finding peace, restoring global security, and making the whole world a more stable place. >> as many people are pointing out, though, this, this one in particular is from willie . particular is from willie. normally, he says, labour are warmongers and always will be. >> this is five conservative defence ministers who are talking. this isn't about laboun talking. this isn't about labour, this is about everyone who's worked in the defence department throughout this time in ukraine. they've named roads after boris johnson. they're so grateful for what he's done. but again, this isn't about ukraine, is it? it's about the west. it's about our own security. ukraine is just the front line at the moment. >> is that why energy prices are soaring? it hasn't worked thus far. look, the situation in ukraine has now been going on since 20th february, 22.5 years. so two and a half years, something needs to change. something needs to shift.

ironically, i think trump getting in would actually change the narrative and change the situation because at the moment nothing is changing. nothing is improving. we're at an absolute deadlock. >> well, this is the interesting situation with this, isn't it? i mean, it's not like, you know, david lammy and keir starmer have been out in america talking to president biden. >> come back with no, no decisions reached, no conclusion. >> can he actually make a decision though, amy? because he's going to be out of office? >> can he tie his shoes ? >> can he tie his shoes? >> can he tie his shoes? >> i think the problem president biden's got at the moment is that his cabinet is quite split. but anthony blinken has been completely transparent that we need to act fast and is in agreement with the five defence secretaries. keir starmer, every military expert going is saying we need to we need to do everything we can to support ukraine because we essentially are talking about our own security when we talk about ukraine's. >> well, i mean , biden, i don't >> well, i mean, biden, i don't mean to be rude, but he's an absolute lame duck president. he's already been told that he cannot run because he is basically not compos mentis. so

for him to be sitting there now until november or actually until january , really it's he's in january, really it's he's in such a weak position , he's such a weak position, he's completely toothless. and i just feel that keir starmer and david lammy went out to washington with all that sort of, you know, hoo ha and achieved nothing, didn't even make decisions. >> i find it so interesting that you're more fearful of them than the prospect of trump coming in and taking the funding from ukraine for the trump. >> i'm not fearful of trump coming in at all. do you know why? because i respect the will of the american people to vote. i don't want to be telling american voters how they should vote just in the same way as i don't want them interfering in how we vote. it's none of our business, and i'm not fearful of trump getting in at all. because if that's the will of the american people, that's their choice. >> ukraine feels very far away now, but it will feel incredibly closer if trump gets in. >> are you worried about trump getting in on the ukraine subject? >> well, yeah, pretty much on every single area that he talks about. i feel like it would be terrible for the world. but

particularly with the ukraine, with the ukraine funding. >> but lots and lots and lots and lots of people are saying charity does begin at home here. and it is, it's our security. >> but okay, but let's talk about the 11 billion of foreign aid then. not all of that is going on world security or trying to deal with president putin at all. >> but many diplomacy, many well, diplomacy. >> okay. i was debating with another left winger the other day who said it's not about whether we can afford 11 billion of foreign aid, it's whether we can afford not to spend it. i mean, this kind of, you know , mean, this kind of, you know, mealy mouthed, totally meaningless political rhetoric thatis meaningless political rhetoric that is money that we don't have . that is money that we don't have. apparently, that that's half of the of the secret black hole that they won't tell us any more about. that they won't tell us any more about . that's half of the black about. that's half of the black hole. this is money. these are real people's lives. that's what i'm trying to emphasise. maybe i'm trying to emphasise. maybe i'm not being clear. it's going to be a lot more expensive in the long lives. pensioners are living their lives. they've come to the end of their lives. they deserve so much more than this.

>> just we're running out of time. unfortunately, as usual. but antony makes an interesting point to you, amy. amy, you talk about national security and the fact that we have to spend money in ukraine and defend our borders. take a look at our borders. take a look at our borders in this country. we have no national security in this country as it is. >> i'm a bit confused what he's getting at. we don't know. >> is he saying that we don't know asylum seekers are akin to an invading illegal war. >> we don't. >> we don't. >> we don't have control over our borders. i think we have a little bit more control of our borders than ukraine, who have been illegally invaded by a massive dictator and a huge country . country. >> but the russian federation is slightly different to thousands of asylum seekers, is we don't know who is coming into this country . well, we should process country. well, we should process the claims and find out then, shouldn't we? and when we do, we find that about 80 odd percent have the right to remain. >> well, that's only because we processed so few. i'd rather have the asylum seekers than putin. >> and borders should mean borders and armies. >> the red army borders should mean borders. >> right ? okay, now for all the

>> right? okay, now for all the best analysis and opinion on that story and much more, please do go to our website, which is gb news.com and let me know what you think of this. i mean, are you think of this. i mean, are you happy to see more money given to ukraine? are you worried that this country is at risk if we don't give them more money? i'm dylan mason, this is gb news and there's lots more coming up on today's show royal family and it's harry's big four zero. but he's been sent a birthday messages from the family. but do they mean it much more. and all of that coming up this is gb news. we'll see you

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many as i can before the end of the programme. today. you might have noticed it is prince harry's 40th birthday. the duke of sussex released an 84 word statement ahead of the big day, praising his two children, archie and lilibet, and speaking of the fresh perspective he's gained on life after becoming a father, the prince will be celebrating his birthday at his californian home with his wife meghan, and friends now former royal butler grant harrold, who has known harry since. a little boy which seems like five minutes ago to me, joins us to talk about harry's birthday. and harry said, and where harry has been and where he's going. grant, thank you very much for joining us, now, forgive my ignorance, but i'm not entirely sure what harry actually does at the moment. so 40th birthday is a time for reflection, a time for looking forward. what does harry actually do ? harry actually do? >> thank you for having me on. very good question . i think a very good question. i think a lot of people ask the same question on a daily basis as a as a working member of the royal family, we knew what he did, but obviously now living in the states, it's a bit of an

unknown. we're aware of what he has done something because obviously the documentaries, the book, but at the moment he's been very quiet, which is obviously a good thing as well. and of course there's been rumours recently, wasn't there, that he might be returning back to the uk, which obviously is not going to happen, so i don't quite know the answer to that, don, as to exactly what his role is other than focusing on the things that he's already been focused on for the last few years . the interesting thing years. the interesting thing about today, as i think you mentioned earlier, is that the king, the queen and prince william, his brother and his sister in law , the princess of sister in law, the princess of wales, have all obviously wished him a happy birthday. and that's the first time in two years on social media that they've done that, which i think is a really interesting move, because that would have that decision is a very public and that's not something that's been taken lightly. so there's a reason, i think behind that. it's making me wonder if possibly who knows, there is maybe talks going on behind the scenes where maybe things are starting to hopefully fix. >> it was quite impersonal though, wasn't it? and obviously

it's 40, so it is a very special birthday. it's not like being 39 where they didn't do anything last year. yeah. do you read more into it than the fact that they feel like they've got to do something, otherwise it's going to cause even more controversy, don't you? >> absolutely right. i mean, you know, the one thing about the royal family, they always try to do everything on the monarchy, try to do everything the correct way. and by the book and as you mentioned, the 40th is a big occasion. but i think with everything that's taking place and with a lot of the kind of accusations and claims that have come out with over the over the past few years for the royal family to suddenly, publicly wish him happy birthday, it's still quite a significant thing. as you said , maybe i'm looking as you said, maybe i'm looking too much into it and reading something else. i'd like to think that there's something going on behind the scenes. i'd like to think i've always said i don't see him ever being able to return back to the kind of royal dufies return back to the kind of royal duties of the harry that we all knew, but i would like to think that he could. you know, there's nothing worse than falling out with family members. you know, you only get one family and we're not here forever. and that's why i'd like to see him fix or heal the rift between his

family more than anything. and i'm not asking him to. i'm not expecting to go back into royal duties. that's not what i'm saying at all. i just would like to see, because i remember when i worked for them how close they were done and that's what makes me sad, is they were a very close family, and i'd like to see that again. whatever's gone wrong, and we've all got our views on what's gone wrong and i'm sure we're on the line. but at the same time, they need there needs to be a kind of a line drawn into this and some sort of peace kind of sorted out of this whole thing now. yeah. >> grant, just very quickly, you obviously you knew him when he was younger, and the relationship he had with his brother . i relationship he had with his brother. i was relationship he had with his brother . i was lucky relationship he had with his brother. i was lucky enough to interview their mum about the relationship her boys had, which she was. she she absolutely adored the way william looked after harry. i personally, after having met the boys a couple of times with their mum, i actually don't recognise the man that we see at 40 from the teenager, the young man, the army veteran , young man, the army veteran, don't you? >> i'm also envious. you got to meet the prince of wales because sadly she had passed a few years

before i even joined. but, you're right, he has changed. i agree with you on that because you said as a teenager in his 20s, he was a very different character. can i say i think you'll agree with me. he was a bit mischievous, a bit naughty, a twinkle in his eye. good fun, down to earth. don't take life too seriously. adored his family where everything's changed so much with all these kind of legal battles and these, you know, this fallout. and it's just so unlike him. and of course, he has talked about mental health and of course, that could be a big part of it. of course it could be, you know, 100%. so i'd like to think, though, that now he's hit 40, that maybe he's going to reflect on what has happened and maybe take a kind of new leaf in the book. if you like new chapter. >> unfortunately, grant, we've run out of time there. thank you very much for joining. run out of time there. thank you very much forjoining. i really appreciate your time. thank you to talk to you. thank you very much. i'm dawn neesom this is gb news plenty more coming up on today's show, including starmer's dirty laundry. but let's get those news headlines first with our, with sophie reaper.

reapen >> thank you. dawn, it's 2:30. and these are your latest headlines. some breaking news for you this afternoon . a murder for you this afternoon. a murder investigation has been launched investigation has been launched in east london after a woman was stabbed to death. officers were called in the early hours of this morning to an address in tower hamlets with a 32 year old woman. since being arrested on suspicion of murder. a 37 year old man was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender . eight suspicion of assisting an offender. eight migrants suspicion of assisting an offender . eight migrants have offender. eight migrants have died overnight whilst trying to cross the channel french authorities have confirmed. the french maritime prefecture for the english channel and north sea, said 53 migrants were on board a boat, which got into difficulty off the coast of northern france. a rescue operation was launched, but eight people were later confirmed dead. this news comes less than two weeks after a separate incident where 12 migrants died after a boat sank off the french coastline. it's been alleged that sir keir

starmer has broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife, victoria. the sunday times has reported that the gifts came from labour donor lord alli and covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for the pm's wife during the election campaign. sir keir tried to make the declaration earlier this week, but as mps are required to register gifts within 28 days, he was too late . within 28 days, he was too late. and today is the 84th anniversary of the battle of britain, a military campaign that was seen as a turning point in world war ii. the british, the british royal air force fought the german luftwaffe in the skies over the uk , with the the skies over the uk, with the brits eventually claiming a victory that is now commemorated each year on the 15th of september. those i latest gb news headlines i'm sophie reaper more in half an hour from the lovely tatiana sanchez 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

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>> hello and welcome back to the weekend with me dawn neesom. now another story. you're all getting very. i could say your knickers in a twist because it does involve clothing. sir keir starmer is in very hot water after he and his wife, victoria accepted donations of clothing so they could look their best to represent the uk. the pm faces a possible probe over his own donations after allegedly breaking parliamentary rules by failing to declare the gifted clothing prominent labour donor and lord alli. you may remember him from the downing street pa story. remember that? and reportedly covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for lady starmer before and after the election. so let's see what my panel make of this, both immaculately turned out and paid for

themselves. who'd have thought it ? amy, nicole turner and emma it? amy, nicole turner and emma woolf. i'm going to come to you first on this one. amy. i mean, a bloke on a six figure salary for a star. and, you know, his wife works as well. why can't they afford their own clothing? >> did you actually buy that? suit yourself. yes >> what will i know? is that because i. however, i'm open to offers. moeen ali, if you're watching. >> yeah. i mean, i bought my own dress. is that old fashioned? steady on. i know, because i saw david lammy this morning saying, well, they don't they're not giving the budget for clothes, so it's understandable. what like, i think most people manage to clothe themselves out of their salary , particularly if their salary, particularly if they're getting a six figure salary. to me, they use the word gift. don't they just mean bnbe? gift. don't they just mean bribe? yeah. doesn't just mean bribe? yeah. doesn't just mean bribe like it's just a byword for something very odd going on passes for glasses, they called it, with the original literally . it, with the original literally. >> there's all sorts of speculation as to what is actually going on with keir starmer. lord alli, the storm with that situation. but as you say, amy, what on earth? this is a man who is not only on a six figure salary but has had

decades of work as a very , very, decades of work as a very, very, you know, dpp top, was he casey? i presume he's casey i don't know, but their salaries absolutely top notch. his his pension is worth millions. what on earth? he can't buy his own. he can't pay for his own glass, his own clothes and glasses and accommodation . accommodation. >> multiple pairs of glasses and holidays as well. don't pay for their own holiday clothes. >> and his wife paying for a personal shopper. of course she has to look her best. of course she's a woman in the public eye, although she wasn't actually out and about that much in the in the election campaign. but that is irrelevant . they have more is irrelevant. they have more than enough money to pay for all of this themselves. >> i think it's the way that they say, well, why is everyone so surprised by this ? that to me so surprised by this? that to me just shows how completely out of touch this level of people are. >> well, the problem is, it really breaks the mps code of conduct, which you would have thought, lawyer keir starmer would have understood the rules. and as leader of the opposition, starmer routinely criticised

bofis starmer routinely criticised boris johnson over his reliance on donors and in particular, wallpapergate. that's the one i particularly remember. >> and when it comes to carrie johnson, can you imagine if we had found a tory donor? was buying her all her clothes? the reaction that that would have had, and he hasn't put it in the register of interest, but if it was in the register of interest, it would be allowed within within parliamentary rules. but it's probably because lord alli has been giving him so much stuff that he hasn't been able to keep up with it, and it really muddies the waters because lord alli was given an all access pass to downing street and those are pretty rare. >> he was hosting events he's been supporting the labour party. he's in the house of lords. it really muddies quite apart from the fact that we all agree he doesn't need this money. he doesn't need help with his clothing budget in any sense of the word. >> but it seems like the only argument keir starmer has is, well, tories can't really comment on this because it'd be hypocritical. well, i'd still like an explanation of how you explain the free pass, because his only answer is ever well, it's not as bad as what they did, which is just it's not good enough. >> it's not good enough. it's

not going to wash. and as you say, they keep harking back to 14 years of tory rule. 14 years the tories destroyed the country. either you're in power or you're not, mate. either you're going to move forward or you're going to move forward or you're not. but to keep harking back to that is not it's not going to last very long. voters are already getting fed up. >> they did do worse. but we really expected and we really thought labour would do better. so the more these stories come out. >> you said they're all the same. well yeah. yeah. and just in case you were wondering out there , especially if you're an there, especially if you're an older person, you're worried about heating your homes, this winter. keir starmer is entitled to two annual salaries . to two annual salaries. totalling £166,786. his wife is on roughly £50,000. i would humbly suggest you buy your own frocks. >> she's on £50,000 just for being his wife. >> no no no no no no no. she's an occupation. she's an occupational therapist . and occupational therapist. and spouses get money. thank you so much to know she works as well. >> thank you so much to my panellist, amy turner. where are you going with that one? and

emma woolf, thank you very much for joining me. this sunday forjoining me. this sunday afternoon. i'm dawn neesom and this is gb news. coming up, a gloria de piero is back with another wonderful real me it's really not one to miss, so we'll see you

soon. hello and welcome back to the weekend with me, dawn neesom. i hope you're having a wonderful weekend out there. thank you for joining me now. gloria de piero is back with another wonderful real me interview this week. it's with newly elected conservative mp for chester south and eddisbury, aphra brandreth . brandreth. >> aphra brandreth , new >> aphra brandreth, new conservative mp elected at the last election. your name is aphra. you're the first aphra ever to be elected to parliament. tell me about where that name comes from. >> i am the first aphra. i thought i would double check with the house of commons

library just in case, but they did confirm that i'm the first aphra. i'm named after aphra benn, who was. well she was a poet and a playwright and a spy for charles ii , and she was also for charles ii, and she was also the first british woman to earn her living as a writer. so quite a big name to live up to. i think that my parents chose the name. well, they both love literature and poetry and language, so i think that was a big part of it . language, so i think that was a big part of it. but there's a really great quote by virginia woolf that i actually used in my maiden speech, which says, all women ought to let flowers fall at the tomb of aphra behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds. and i just thought that was really powerful, especially when i'm in this privileged position of being able to you know, stand up and represent people in my constituency and hopefully give voice to their concerns. and we're going to talk about your activity in helping other women to enter parliament in a bit. >> but first of all, i've got to

talk about your dad. yeah, because your dad is gyles brandreth. i'm 51. he was famous to me when i was growing up, good morning britain countdown. he is famous now for being on celebrity gogglebox. but i want to know what it was like growing up with a famous with a dad who was on telly. yeah, >> i mean, obviously for me, it was totally normal, so. and he is exactly like he is on the tv. he's full of energy and, always talking and loves to tell stories and jokes. and so, you know , i was very lucky. i had know, i was very lucky. i had a very happy childhood. and i have a very patient mum who's put up with him for years and years, because he really does just not stop talking. >> so when he's talking a lot, what sort, what's the best advice he has given to you?

because he had a bit of a break from being on television in in 1992, he spent some time as a conservative mp. i think it was five years, i think so he did he give you some advice about what you should do as an mp or just you should do as an mp orjust in life? really the best piece of advice from your dad? >> well, so he was a conservative member of parliament back in the 1990s, in john major's government, and yes , john major's government, and yes, he's so excited that i have become an mp. i think he's more excited than i am. he's definitely my biggest champion. so he doesn't just give me one piece of advice. i get honestly, daily texts and phone calls and emails giving me hints and tips. and i mean, it's actually so lovely. i made a speech, just recently on the winter fuel allowance, and i got a text immediately afterwards saying that him and my mum had watched it and how proud they were. so that was really amazing. but he's got an excellent book and his advice is that i should read

his advice is that i should read his book, and he's very grumpy that i still haven't done it. >> it's a strange place coming in here. i'm not sure there's anyone where quite like it. i find it very stressful. i just wonder if there's any advice that it gave you to sort of navigate it or to manage it. it's like everyone's like their own little small business. it's, you know, and even though you're supposed to be a team, it's just quite it's quite difficult. i found it that way at least. >> i mean, this place is about people . so i think really the people. so i think really the best advice is about getting out there and speaking to as many people as possible from all different parties. obviously you want to connect with people from your own party. so, you know, bits of advice from my dad were things like, go to the tea room in the morning and make sure you're chatting with people. yeah exactly. so, yeah, for people who don't know, there is a members tea room where the mps can all go. and first thing in the morning, people might be there having their morning cup of tea and slice of toast. and

it's a great place to chat and really bond with the other mps. i think that's really important. his other piece of advice was about, finding quiet time in the library , which i'm definitely library, which i'm definitely doing as well, because it's difficult to find space here, to just sit quietly and think , yes, just sit quietly and think, yes, because there's so much going on.and because there's so much going on. and i've definitely found that as a new mp, you're really just thrown straight into it. you get elected. i found out at 515 in the morning on the friday that i was elected , and by the that i was elected, and by the monday we were down here in westminster and it's all go. and yeah, you've just got to work out what's going on and get stuck straight in. >> now you're an honorary vice president of the conservative women's organisation, so that's about encouraging more women to get into politics. why do we need that ? what's different need that? what's different about being a woman in politics? >> i'm kind of sad that we do need it, but unfortunately we do.the need it, but unfortunately we do. the cwo is actually the oldest women's political organisation in the world, which is quite amazing. and, it's

about, yes, getting more women actually to stand for elected office, but also making sure that women's voices are heard in policy development. and for me, i think that's a big part of it, is there's lots of great men, but there's lots of great women too, and we need to have that diversity of voices. and still at the moment in 2024, we don't have 50 over 50 men and women in parliament, particularly for the conservative party, because obviously that's the party i represent. we've actually the proportion of women has gone down this election. so i just want to be part of making sure that i'm supporting other women to get involved and to put them forwards selves, forwards to stand, because it's so important. but it is tough . and, important. but it is tough. and, you know, we need to do a lot more because i think we're only at about 25% of our, conservative parliamentary party are women at the moment. and i'd love to see that at 50% or more.

>> tell me the best piece of advice to any woman , advice to any woman, conservative or otherwise, who thinks , actually, i'm glad. i'm thinks, actually, i'm glad. i'm glad there are women out there who want to hold their hands out and pull other women up. what can they do? what's what's your advice to any woman who's thinking that they might fancy this? >> actually, i think you've got to believe in yourself and keep persevering because this is not an easy journey to go down. and it's not one that necessarily gives you results straight away. but i think particularly as women, and this obviously is an all women, you can't kind of group everybody into one big pot. but we tend to want to be perfect at everything before we do it. i mean , i'm terrible at do it. i mean, i'm terrible at doing that as well. i always feel like unless i know a topic 100%, i feel very wary about speaking about it. but a lot of the men are just very confident to just go in, even when they're only at 60%. so you've got to have self—belief, you've got to go and do it and also take the knockbacks, but keep going

through them, see what you can learn from them. and you know we can do it. and there are lots of women here since i've come in who've been so supportive and who've been so supportive and who want to help more women to get involved. so the sisterhood is strong , and you're not going is strong, and you're not going to rest until you see a 50 over 50 parliament, and you'd like to see that on your own benches, too. absolutely absolutely. >> final question. you're married. you have three children, 15 year old, 17 year old, 20 year old. are they into politics? >> they are all really interested in politics. i'm trying to put them off, but i haven't done a very good job. my 20 year old is studying politics, philosophy and economics at university. so yeah , economics at university. so yeah, despite trying to, you know, make them think that they could go down other career paths, it just that's the thing about politics. it sucks you in, doesn't it ? doesn't it? >> aphra brandreth, it's been a pleasure . enjoy your time in pleasure. enjoy your time in parliament. it's lovely to chat to you. >> oh, thank you so much. you too . too. >> lovely. thank you very much ,

>> lovely. thank you very much, gloria. fascinating. she does get some amazing interviews with people, doesn't she? now, loads of you have been getting in touch, and i do promise to read them out because i love talking to you all. a lot of you. very, very not happy with keir starmer. neil says get him out. he's the very definition of dishonesty and sleaze. the most hated man in britain. wow. meanwhile, valerie says king charles needs to get rid of this government. he signed in, doesn't . they don't care about doesn't. they don't care about the elderly subjects as lots of coming back to that grumpy grandad. starmer earns £167,000 plus expenses , so he needs to plus expenses, so he needs to hold on. i think he earns more, but he needs to actually be able to go and buy himself a suit, meanwhile , mary poppins. meanwhile, mary poppins. interesting name, says , as interesting name, says, as rachel reeves says, if you can't afford it, she was talking about pensions, don't go out and do it. starmer needs to stop taking freebies. meanwhile dan says, even amy, my lovely panellist

amy nicole has been unable to defend starmer taking bribes for his clothes . mrs. starmer has his clothes. mrs. starmer has a personal shopper and free clothes too. well, do you support this man as your leader? and david says the episode at the end of the show could be entitled nick gate, because that's what it is. we've had wallpapergate, we've had partygate. why not nick a gate? fred says meanwhile, what's wrong with going to oxfam for your clothes, and i think yet loads of it i've got. i'm running out of time. so many of you getting in touch. meanwhile, you getting in touch. meanwhile, you are enjoying the show. meanwhile, rachel says it's housework day for me . got to be housework day for me. got to be done, hasn't it? i turned into you ladies. you cheered me up while i was cleaning and changing beds. such a glamorous life. thank you so much for all your messages. now, please do keep them coming in for the shows that are coming up, because we've got a great line—up this afternoon for you. we have. next is a nana akua. and then at 6:00 it's neil oliver free speech nation at 7:00 and mark dolan tonight at

9:00. thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. i really do appreciate your company. this show is nothing without you. and that's the highlight is talking to you. but as i said, don't go anywhere. cracking line up of shows coming for you. thank you for joining me. enjoy the rest of your weekend and we'll see you again very soon. first, it's the weather for you though. see you sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. good afternoon and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, as we head into next week, we have high pressure building , so that means plenty building, so that means plenty of fine and dry weather around and some fairly warm days on offer too. for the end of the weekend though, we do have this cold front which is slowly edging its way towards the southeast of the country, and that's bringing in some cloud and some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. now, as we head into the evening, there will still be some rain and drizzle towards the south, but it is generally easing and should just be

largely cloudy. and that means it's going to be a fairly mild night compared to recent nights. to the north of this, though, plenty of clear skies and light winds, so we're likely to see some mist and fog develop overnight, particularly in north western parts . and it's going to western parts. and it's going to be fairly chilly too. so in rural areas likely to see some spots of grass, frost . so as i spots of grass, frost. so as i say, to start monday morning there should be plenty of fine bright weather around. but there's likely to be some mist and fog in places as well, particularly in those rural spots. so even though there'll be bright sunshine , do take care be bright sunshine, do take care for the monday morning commute, particularly in northern parts of wales, northwest england, where there could be some quite dense fog in places towards the south. a fairly cloudy start still could be the drips and drabs of rain and drizzle across hilly areas, but any mist and fog and cloud is generally going to be lifting and breaking through the course of the day as that high pressure builds. and that high pressure builds. and that means plenty of fine and dry conditions to start the new working week. perhaps a bit more high cloud in the northwest towards the end of the day,

perhaps even seeing some rain and drizzle creeping into the outer hebrides, but otherwise plenty of fine dry weather and feeling fairly warm as well, with highs of 22 celsius down in the southeast into the evening. feeling quite chilly as soon as the sun goes down. likely to see some frost once again and some mist and fog, but still more in the way of cloud feeding into the way of cloud feeding into the northwest. and as we head into the next week, high pressure sticking around. so once again, lots of fine, warm, sunny weather around . sunny weather around. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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right now. this show is all about opinion. it's mine and it's theirs. and of course it's yours. we'll be debating and discussing and at times we will disagree, but no one will be cancelled. so joining me for the next few hours, gb news is senior political commentator nigel nelson and also journalist and broadcaster danny kelly. on today's show, prince harry turns 40. so what kind of a decade has it been for him? in my niggle, i'll explore. would you welcome him back then , as sir keir him back then, as sir keir starmer admits that his wife accepted free clothes from their biggest donor, are they just as bad as the tories? >> a divisiveness their cruelty, their robbing and their lies go their robbing and their lies go their stop. >> the tories stop right now. see you there. >> egg on your face, love the boss of the charles gordon trust joins me later. and in clip bait. was mrs. thatcher right ? bait. was mrs. thatcher right? >> wishlist. >> wishlist. >> governments traditionally do make a financial mess. they always run out of other people's money. it's quite a

characteristic of them. >> so labour seem intent