keir starmer to pay king and sir keir starmer to pay £200 billion in slavery reparations. should we cough up at that one.7 and reparations. should we cough up at that one? and business leaders are warning that pub landlords will be turned into van—tam cops under government's changes to workers rights bill. that's an interesting one. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend . weekend. but if you should know by now, this show is nothing without you and your views. it really is my favourite part of the show. and i want to hear from you because it's all about you. it's not about what i think or what the panel think . it's all about you. panel think. it's all about you. so let me know what you want to talk about. if you want to talk about what we're talking about, or have a good old gossip, it's a sunday lunchtime. come on. anything goes really easy to get involved on the show and have a chat with us. it's simply visit gb news .com forward, slash your

say and join in with what we're chatting about. and i'll read as many out as i possibly can, even the horrible ones. right. keeping me company on today's show is contributing editor at novara media, michael walker, and writer and journalist emma woolf. thank you very much for joining me on a sunday lunchtime . joining me on a sunday lunchtime. but before we get into today's show, here's the news headlines with the very, very gorgeous tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> donna, thank you very much. and good afternoon. the top stories. well, the king says he's greatly saddened by the sudden death of alex salmond, former first minister of scotland. the alba leader died yesterday afternoon, aged 69, from a suspected heart attack dunng from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north macedonia . during a trip to north macedonia. mr salmond had made a speech at the institute for cultural diplomacy forum and is understood to have collapsed at lunch in a crowded room. members of the public in scotland have been reacting to the news. >> his passing is a great shock

and i think for most scots, whatever their opinions, it's sad. he's a he was a pillar of the independence movement. >> i think he'll be remembered as the man that nearly got scotland independence. >> well, he nearly got his independence . but, you know, independence. but, you know, nearly , nearly is not good enough. >> i can't believe it, to be honest. you're shocked. i don't even know how he died yet. i'm not sure. i met him years ago when he was trying to be. he was walking around swinton crescent in baillieston and he was handing out leaflets and he played pool. >> he's a good man, a very good man, a very good man. done his best for scotland, you know . best for scotland, you know. >> in other news, robert jenrick says he'll make sirjacob says he'll make sir jacob rees—mogg chairman of the conservative party if he triumphs against kemi badenoch in the party leadership contest as chairman. sirjacob, in the party leadership contest as chairman. sir jacob, who in the party leadership contest as chairman. sirjacob, who lost as chairman. sir jacob, who lost his seat at the general election, would be put in charge of the party's campaigning operations. mrjenrick of the party's campaigning operations. mr jenrick told of the party's campaigning operations. mrjenrick told gb news that jacob has been a tireless campaigner for the grassroots, and he understands

better than anyone the need for party reform. >> i want to have a different way to select candidates, so we end the favoured sons and daughters of the leader being parachuted in. that was a disgrace. i want to stop members getting emails asking for money, but never asking what do they want and where do they want the party to go? let's build a mass membership democratic organisation. i think jacob will be a great asset to that. >> jonathan reynolds says it's not the government's position that p&o ferries is a rogue operator. despite a press release this week calling them a rogue employer. p&o ferries owner dp world will attend the international investment summit tomorrow. they'd previously threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port investment . that's after the investment. that's after the transport secretary, louise haigh, criticised their employment strategy and called for a boycott. the operator was criticised by politicians from both main parties in march 2022, when it suddenly sacked 800 british seafarers and replaced them with cheaper, mainly overseas staff, saying it was

necessary to stave off bankruptcy. the business secretary told gb news camilla tominey that the billion pound investment will go ahead quickly on this issue. >> that's not the government's position . the issue obviously position. the issue obviously with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong to fire and rehire that. we saw those workers being sacked and then taken back on on fewer terms and conditions, but we have changed the law. it was lawful under the conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour government, where companies accept that acknowledge that can work within that framework. we'll of course talk to them about investments . and i can about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the summit and the investment will go ahead. >> shadow secretary of for state work and pensions mel stride criticised lewis louise hague's comments and also the timing of tomorrow's summit. >> certainly not on the eve of an investment summit in which that business had at that point pledged to invest £1 billion in the uk economy. and this is a general problem. so this, this investment summit has been

shackled by the fact that , shackled by the fact that, firstly, it's come before a budget. so everybody is wondering what tax is going to be levied on businesses. and i expect there will be a number, possibly national insurance for employers which. >> in other news, nearly 500 migrants have made the crossing of the english to channel the uk in one day. new figures released by the home office today show 471 migrants crossed the channel on nine small boats yesterday. the latest arrivals bring the total so far this year to 27,225, which is a 5% increase on the same time last year , but on the same time last year, but 25% less than 2022. a home office spokesperson insists they are committed to dismantling people smuggling operations, saying the government will stop at nothing to bring these criminals to justice. now, police say a man has been shot deadin police say a man has been shot dead in east london. a murder investigation has been launched after the victim, believed to be in his 30s, was found with a gunshot wound in barking shortly

after 430 this morning. he was treated by emergency workers but died at the scene. the metropolitan police have said no arrests have yet been made. the uk is among 40 nations strongly condemning attacks on united nafions condemning attacks on united nations peacekeepers in lebanon. earlier this week, israeli troops fired on un headquarters in southern lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days. it comes as lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages. that's after the israeli military accused hezbollah of firing over 300 projectiles at israel . projectiles at israel. meanwhile, hezbollah rocket barrages triggered sirens across northern israel overnight and early this morning in haifa, the third biggest israeli city and host of one of the country's biggest naval ports. sirens and explosions blared across the

bay. people also rushed to nearby bomb shelters. an israeli army spokesperson said in a statement that five projectiles were identified crossing from lebanon into israeli territory, and were successfully intercepted by the iaf . and intercepted by the iaf. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. now it's back to the lovely dong for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana. i'm right. she is gorgeous, isn't she? you can say that. it's fine. okay, let's get straight into today's stories, shall we? at our top story, obviously, politicians and pubuc obviously, politicians and public figures have paid tribute to the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond , who scotland, alex salmond, who tragically died yesterday at the age of 69. sir keir starmer

described him as a monumental figure in scottish politics, while king charles expressed sadness over his sudden passing. the former snp leader suffered a suspected heart attack whilst in nonh suspected heart attack whilst in north macedonia on a work trip. salmond was first minister between two thousand and seven and 2014, and was known for almost pushing scottish independence over the line a decade ago. okay, so let's see what my panel make of this. obviously, it's very sad when anyone dies and thoughts with his , his, his, his wife and his, his, his, his wife and family and friends. emma, i'm going to come to you first on this one. i mean, you know, the tributes have been, you know, basically a giant of a political figure. you know, he did what other people have never been able to do with scottish independence. what do you make of what alex salmond achieved? >> well, i think it's really, really significant. >> i think we should remember that firstly, scottish independence before

that firstly, scottish independen