flooding in wales, as four about flooding in wales, as four people have now died as a result of the weather brought to the uk by storm bert. the storm was brought more than 80% of november's average monthly rainfall in less than 48 hours, with more than 100 flood alerts in place across the uk. a major incident has been declared in south wales, where between 200 and 300 properties have been affected by today's flooding and affected by today's flooding and a bridge, which was replaced after storm dennis has been completely washed away. sir keir starmer said in his post on x that he is receiving updates on storm babet as it develops across the uk. large parts of the midlands are under flood water. two after the fire broke in tenbury wells rose and caused a wall to collapse, flooding the worcestershire town. yellow warnings for wind and rain are in place for western parts of scotland and wales. south east england and northern ireland. elsewhere. work and pensions secretary liz kendall says nato countries are involved in a hidden cyber war with russia.

that comes as the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster will warn that russia could turn the lights off and won't think twice about exploiting defence gaps in the uk. pat mcfadden is expected to give the warning to nato members next week in a speech. he will urge countries to bolster cyber security and not underestimate the threat of cyber warfare from russia. it follows warnings from experts last night who urged britain to remain firm and stand strong against vladimir putin's threats. shadow levelling up secretary kevin hollinrake told gb news labour need to increase the uk's defence spending now . the uk's defence spending now. >> one of the highest spenders in nato constantly have been, but we recognise the growing threats around the world and that's why we committed to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030, and that is a commitment not matched by the labour government. they have made some kind of general commitment to get there at some point in the future, but the threat is now and we should bolster our defences now. we

made that firm commitment. labour should do the same. >> the justice secretary says the state should never offer death as a service. shabana mahmood made the comments in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying bill, ahead of a historic commons vote next week. in a letter to constituents, mr mahmood said she was profoundly concerned by the legislation, not just for religious reasons but because it could create a slippery slope towards death on demand. she has previously made clear she would vote against the bill alongside health secretary wes streeting, who faced backlash after suggesting the changes would cost the nhs more. a group of faith leaders have signed a letter opposing the bill ahead of its debate by mps, and prime minister sir keir starmer has declined to say whether he will back the bill, arguing that he doesn't want to pressure mps . doesn't want to pressure mps. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's time for free speech nation 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/alerts . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> a british institute is butchered and given a woke rebrand. segregation returns to universities and a woman is branded a nazi for saying men shouldn't be in a breastfeeding group. this is free speech. nafion group. this is free speech. nation . welcome to free nation. welcome to free speech nafion nation. welcome to free speech nation with me josh howie. this is a show where we take a look at culture, current affairs and politics and their impact on our modern liberal democracy, which, to according some, is enough to make us far right bigots. still we persevere. so coming up on tonight's show, the non—crime hate incident , tonight's show, the non—crime hate incident, insanity continues as dirty pants on a washing line have been the most recent target. we also have stephen o'grady from the free speech union to give us the latest on the allison pearson case. the high court will decide what a woman is. i'll be talking

to a criminal defence lawyer about the ramifications of that ruling. we'll also be talking about a university that's holding segregated swimming classes , as well as that jaguar classes, as well as that jaguar ad that has caused quite a stir. and of course, myself and my fantastic panel will be answering questions from our wonderful studio audience. my comedian guests this evening are the wonderful paul cox and lewis schaffer . there they are. how schaffer. there they are. how are you doing, lewis? you alright? >> you didn't call me. wonderful. you called him wonderful. >> it was . it was a suffix for >> it was. it was a suffix for both names. >> so the people know. they know. >> and the wonderful lewis schaffer. okay, there we go. how are you doing, paul? you're right. okay. it's my birthday. this week. hey happy birthday 45. and in cares. yeah anton cares. yes. the oldest i've ever been , actually 45. wow. do you been, actually 45. wow. do you remember lewis? do you remember 45? >> too for old me. >> we're not dating. i know his girlfriend. and that is very much true. okay, then we're going to start with some

questions from the audience. our first question is from john. >> good evening. good evening. my >> good evening. good evening. my question is about the term you mentioned in your opening, in your opening speech, non—crime hate incidents. yes. should squabbles between neighbours and schoolchildren even be classed as non—crime hate incidents? >> yes. here we go. so, north wales police recorded a soiled pair of underwear hung on a washing line as a non—crime hate incident. it's emerged this week. in september 2021, a woman with an italian surname claimed her neighbour placed a very large pair of soiled briefs on their washing line after italy defeated england on penalties in the european championships final. yes, so the police are facing criticism as children as young as nine are being investigated for name calling. so what do you think? i mean, are you wearing your underwear right now? >> i can't tell the nation about that tonight . i think there's that tonight. i think there's a real danger here of a sort of thought police and tracking our every move and every statement, rather than chasing real crime . rather than chasing real crime. and i'm quite worried about it,

really? >> no, exactly. i mean, paul, the more that this case has gone on allison pearson i mean, the thing is, the people regular viewers of the show will know this has been going for on years. yeah, it's now kind of reached a feverish point where these these incidences are now being sort of publicised. exactly what i was thinking when this gentleman here said, you know, it's starting to feel as if it's becoming a danger. it's been a danger for some time. and it's just creeping in. i think what's happened, particularly under labour, is it's feeling like it's more acceptable to do so.the like it's more acceptable to do so. the law has been there for some time. it was introduced under the conservatives, but i think starmer and labour are emboldened by their huge majority , and the police will majority, and the police will feel more comfortable to follow through on this. and can we blame the police? i mean, that's up for debate. they're just following the law. that's what they're doing. and at the end of they're doing. and at the end of the day, people pay a lot of money for soiled pants. nick. and it just goes to prove that a hate incident, one person's hate incident is another person's kink or truth. yeah, i don't know . you know, i mean, another know. you know, i mean, another person's jaguar ad. exactly. so

this is and all joking aside, that's exactly what the point is. how can it's so subjective? all of these, you know, when it comes to the trans issue, for instance, there will be people who firmly believe that a man can can transition to a woman, and there will be people who firmly believe that that cannot happen, and they should be they should be views that can be held and debated day in and day out. they shouldn't be a matter for the police. you know, we shouldn't be policing tweets. we shouldn't be policing tweets. we should policing the streets. so i'm not sure how this how we ever overcome this other than to just say this is a nonsense, we need to forget it. yeah, well, it's interesting, lewis, because paul makes a point that we shouldn't blame the police here, but should we blame the police because we've had two home secretaries who have actually said to the police quite clearly , said to the police quite clearly, stop doing what you're doing. and in this case, we're talking about the soiled pants. that's from 2021. so this has been going on for years. and now, of course, it's going to be arguably emboldened after a labour under a labour government. >> well, because i think only because it's called a hate

incident. what did it used to be called. and you get an asbo for something like that. it's just nobody wants soiled underpants hanging from, you know, nobody wants soiled underpants hanging f