me. me . and i'm variation for me. and i'm working on a formula of paint, and that can actually absorb unclean air, filter the air and send it back out, clean . wow. send it back out, clean. wow. get rid of all formaldehyde in the amazing. so that's an interesting project. yeah. >> well listen geoff, it's been so good to talk to you. i know you do. you do workwear now as well. you've got a business that does that. >> i used to own my own corporate clothing company. i sold that to an australian firm about oh, ten years ago. and so i did all of the big banks, you know, barclays , natwest, know, barclays, natwest, nationwide. i did butlins. yeah. i did a lot of kind of like uniform clothing. so that's one of the i don't do that anymore. i sold the business. but yeah, i enjoyed doing that. and actually working very closely, particularly with barclays. they were really good fun to work with. so yeah. >> geoff, thanks . absolute >> geoff, thanks. absolute legend. thank you very much for joining me. it's really good to talk to you. that is of course

fashion designer jeff banks. incredible. right. 31 minutes after 5:00. if you've just tuned in. welcome on board. i'm nana akua. this is gb news still to come. we'll continue with the great british debate. and i'm asking, is it time to park reparations? you'll hear the thoughts of my panel, danny kelly and jonathan lewis. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with katie bowen . news headlines with katie bowen. >> nana. thank you. it's just gone 5:30. these are your latest headunes gone 5:30. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the king says he's greatly saddened by the sudden death of alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland. the alba party leader died yesterday afternoon, aged 69, from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north macedonia . mr 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. there will be a post—modern mortem examination to confirm the cause of death .

to confirm the cause of death. jonathan reynolds says it's not the government's position that p&o ferries is a rogue operator , 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 had previously tomorrow. they had previously threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port 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 . on this issue. >> that's not the government's position. the issue obviously with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong. the 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. so where companies accept that, acknowledge that can work within that framework, we will of course talk to them about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the summit and the investment will go ahead and briefly to the middle east. >> now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has spoken in the last hour and expressed his regret of any harm done to un personnel in lebanon after 15 peacekeepers were injured in what they call a shocking violation when israeli tanks forcibly entered their base. israel's un envoy has also spoken a short time ago, saying it is incomprehensible that the un is keeping lebanon peacekeepers peacekeepers in the line of fire. the uk is among 40 nafions line of fire. the uk is among 40 nations strongly condemning attacks on those un peacekeepers. lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages , and israeli different villages, and israeli military say around 115 rockets have been fired from lebanon

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>> good afternoon. 38 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we are britain's news channel. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. don't forget as well you can stream the programmes live on youtube. i'm nana akua. it's time now for the great british debate this hour. and i'm asking, is it time to make reparations? the king and the prime minister faced demands for the uk to pay £200 billion in reparations over britain's

role in role in the slave trade, the transatlantic slave trade. a group of 15 caribbean governments have agreed to put slavery reparations on the table at the commonwealth heads of government meeting in samoa in two weeks time. so what do you think for the great british debate this hour? i did a monologue on it or a niggle. >> in fact, your phone and all this ska; i did debate this hour? i did a monologue on it or a niggle. have a look at it, have a read have a look at it, have a read of it or watch it. i'm asking, of it or watch it. i'm asking, is it time now to park is it time now to park reparations? well, joining me reparations? well, joining me now author and broadcaster danny now author and broadcaster danny kelly, he wrote a cookbook with kelly, he wrote a cookbook with about 60 pages, 16 pages. yeah, about 60 pages, 16 pages. yeah, i'm an author and also a i'm an author and also a political commentator. jonathan. political commentator. jonathan. liz. right. danny kelly, is it liz. right. danny kelly, is it time for us to park these time for us to park these reparations? >> what are they going to do reparations? >> what are they going to do with the dough? has anyone asked with the dough? has anyone asked them, if you get all of these them, if you get all of these billions of pounds, what are you billions of pounds, what are you going to do with it? how are you going to do with it? how are you going to do with it? how are you going to do with it? how are you going to do with it? how are you going to spend it, i guess, but going to do with it? how are you going to spend it, i guess, but what are they going to spend it what are they going to spend it on? >> well, who gets the money as on? >> well, who gets the money as well? >> seriously, what are they well? >> seriously, what are they going to spend it on? going to spend it on? >> i think that there is a >> i think that there is a really sensitive conversation to really sensitive conversation to be had about it. i don't think be had about it. i don't think there is an absolute right or there is an absolute right or wrong. i think that there's a wrong. i think that there's a journalist, a former journalist journalist, a former journalist

for the bbc, laura trevelyan, for the bbc, laura trevelyan, who's done some really who's done some really interesting stuff on this, interesting stuff on this, actually , i think that. all actually , i think that. all actually, i think that. all right. okay. a minority view on actually, i think that. all right. okay. a minority the panel. it turns out . actually, i think that. all righpanel. 1. a minority view, actually, i think that. all righpanel. ita minority view, actually, i think that. all righpanel. it turns ority view, actually, i think that. all righpanel. it turns out view, the panel. it turns out. >> she got together some people actually, i think that. all righpanel. it turns out .(iew, the panel. it turns out. >> she got together some people this $11.7; i who felt guilty about this. no who felt guilty about this. no no no no no no no. no no no no no no. who felt guilty about this. no no no no no no no .just give no no no no no no. just give some people a background. and who felt guilty about this. no no no no no no no .just give no no no no no no. just give some people a background. and then between them they rustled then between them they rustled up about 100 grand to give to up about 100 grand to give to the people in grenada. 100 the people in grenada. 100 grand. i mean, look, if you're grand. i mean, look, if you're going to be serious, give up everything. going 1 >> that's how much there are. there are families in this country who got incredibly rich off the back of slavery . and we off the back of slavery. and we know that when slavery ended, the people who got compensated were the slave owners, not the slaves. this these are all facts. and so it is quite legitimate to ask that the question sort of 200 years on, what are we going to do to address this injustice that that still lingers because you do have countries that got incredibly rich off the back of slavery and countries that are still dealing with the legacy of slavery and colonialism more broadly. and so obviously, well, we've actually got slavery going on right now. we have modern slavery. >> in fact, your phone and all