>> it's 9 pm. i'm patrick christys tonight. >> there is only in this case one head that rolls well enough . one head that rolls well enough. simon of sudbury had his head cut off and it simon of sudbury had his head cutoff and it was then simon of sudbury had his head cut off and it was then the peasants. the revolting peasants at the time played football with it at the tower of london. i don't know who won . don't know who won. >> archbishop welby has just shown everyone what a horrible man he really is , giving it a man he really is, giving it a lot of thought. >> i've taken advice and no, i am not going to resign for this . am not going to resign for this. >> i mean, he appears to have absolutely no remorse whatsoever for appearing to cover up for a prolific child abuser and the independent office of national statistics has conducted vital work on the state of immigration and found the previous

government were running an open borders experiment. well, now it's revealed that there'll have to be a huge increase in migrants in to order build the 1.5 million new homes that starmer has promised. where are they all going to live then .7 they all going to live then? >> and we have been very clear that for working people, we are not going to increase their taxes. so that means we are not increasing income tax, national insurance or vat. >> so that's what he said. >> so that's what he said. >> can you say in the clearest possible terms, whether from possible term s, whether from here possible terms, whether from here on in to the end of your term, there will be any tax rises? >> what i can't do is say to you, there are no circumstances unforeseen in the future that wouldn't lead to any change at all. >> it's going to put your taxes up >> it's going to put your taxes up again, isn't he? >> and after mauritius elections, the government will move towards treaty signature. and it is then our intention to

pursue ratification in 2025. >> right. this is mental. so now our foreign secretary is reportedly offering mauritius even more money than before, to just take the chagos islands. >> plus, please tell me, counsellor, what unfair advantages white people have in your force. >> i would hope not. none. >> i would hope not. none. >> do they have any advantages? no . then how can you be no. then how can you be institutionally racist ? institutionally racist? >> yeah. diversity training . >> yeah. diversity training. shock. horror is leading to a load of false racism claims . you load of false racism claims. you want to do an over the shoulder ? want to do an over the shoulder? >> this way ? >> this way? >> this way? >> talking of diversity, britain's top model is trans, apparently, and the usual types were on question time last night and don't forget, because those populist policies in the 30s are certain adolf hitler was elected. why do they always have

to bring up hitler? i've got tomorrow's front pages tonight with my wonderful panel. this evening we are joined by guido fawkes. ollie wheatley, the director of migration, economic prosperity, steven woolfe and ex—labour advisor matthew torbitt r1 british pub culture the best in the world coco gauff excel centre can be traced to the word khalife xl bully chim chim cher—ee. get ready britain. here we go . here we go. you will not believe what justin welby has done now. next . welby has done now. next. >> very good evening. it's just gone 9:00. i'm sphere hill with your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. our top story this evening, 3 million people received an emergency alert from the government this afternoon

after forecasters issued a rare red warning for winds as storm dara hits the uk. gusts of up to 90 miles an hour are expected to batter parts of wales and the southwest of england, including cardiff, bristol and devon. the warning, in place from 3 am. tomorrow, calls for people to take care as flying debris and falling trees could pose a danger to life. an amber warning is also in place for the west coast of the uk, from scotland to cornwall and northern ireland, with large waves and potential damages to homes and buildings. heavy rain and over 100 flood warnings are also in effect only adding to the weekend's challenges . sir keir weekend's challenges. sir keir starmer says civil servants will help to push through new changes under the labour government. the prime minister praised civil servants , saying they bring a servants, saying they bring a strong sense of public service. this comes as the pm faces calls from the union for senior civil servants to immediately rebuild trust with the civil service , trust with the civil service, after using trumpian language to describe them. >> get out the milestones in my speech this week about what the

government is going to do to change the lives of people across the country that we want to be measured by. at the same time , i made it clear that they time, i made it clear that they will be used to drive through the change in the way the government delivers. and i think lots of civil servants will say, good, great, give us the leadership. we want that change to. >> now. the european commission president asked. ursula von der leyen has signed a controversial new trade deal with south american countries, which could have a significant impact on farmers in the uk. the deal has been met with firm opposition from several eu member states and is expected to face a backlash from the farming sectors across europe, with a significant impact in northern ireland and the rest of the uk. european farmers have consistently protested against the eu mercosur deal, arguing it could lead to cheap imports of south american foods, especially beef, which they claim does not meet the eu's environmental and food safety standards . and the food safety standards. and the princess of wales has made a rare public appearance with her

family at westminster abbey for the annual christmas carol service this evening. the royal couple walked into the historic abbey where they married in 2011 with their children, who stopped at their kindness tree to hang messages on its branches in dedication to someone that has supported them during their lives. prince louis left a touching christmas message to his grandparents , inspired by his grandparents, inspired by his grandparents, inspired by his mother's festive celebration . his mother's festive celebration. this is the fourth time the princess has hosted the event in celebration of the positive qualities found in many and to bnng qualities found in many and to bring cheer to the capital and associated events around the country . those are the latest gb country. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back in an hour, but now it's back in an hour, but now it's back to patrick 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. >> welcome along i justin welby >> welcome along! justin welby has been forced to apologise for

his apology. the disgraced archbishop of canterbury, whose reputation will forever be in tatters, stood up in the house of lords and humiliated himself to be clear, welby was forced to resign after it emerged that he did not report a prolific paedophile and child abuser to the police. this is a big deal. countless boys and young men were raped, tortured and beaten. welby was made aware of the catalogue of abuse and he did nothing. he did nothing. okay, well, if that was you, wouldn't you be so ashamed and embarrassed that you probably wouldn't want to show your face in public again? well, not welby. he's been socialising at cocktail parties and yesterday he stood up in the house of lords. this was his moment to apologise. this was his moment to show that he took this kind of stuff really seriously. what did he do ? did he do? >> if you want to make god laugh, make plans. well, on that basis, next year i will be causing god more hilarity than anyone else for many years. if

you pity anyone, pity my poor diary secretary, who's seen weeks and months of work disappear in a puff of a resignation announcement. the shame of what has gone wrong, whether one is personally responsible or not, must require a head to roll. responsible or not, must require a head to roll . and there is a head to roll. and there is only in this case one head that rolls well enough. i hope not literally. one of my predecessors. in 1371, simon of sudbury had his head cut off, and it was then the peasants, the revolting peasants at the time played football with it at the tower of london. i don't know who won . know who won. >> insufferable , isn't it? you >> insufferable, isn't it? you know, he's talking about child abuse. know, he's talking about child abuse . here. look at the look on abuse. here. look at the look on the face of that lady bishop next to him there, sarah mullally, the bishop of london. she looks like she's just dying inside, doesn't she? she's probably quite jealous of simon of sudbury at this point. he wouldn't have had to listen to it, would he? i mean, welby's

tried to say that he's a martyr. no. a report revealed that there was a paedophile cover up. okay, now welby's got form for not taking this particularly seriously. >> i've given it a lot of thought. i've taken advice and no, i am not going to resign for this. >> now, that turn of phrase there when he said for this is something that the brave survivors say, shows that he just doesn't get it. >> the comment that really upset us as survivors was when he said, i am not going to resign for this. there was something about the way he said for this that almost implied to us that he was trivialising and minimalizing the extent of our sufferings. is it not enough that we went through what we went through ? went through? >> i'll go as far as to say that i think that justin welby is quite a horrible man. he presided over dwindling church attendance numbers. he allowed illegal immigrants to use his church to break into britain. he let the churches be shut down

dunng let the churches be shut down during covid. he spoke out against rwanda. but worst of all, is he behaving, do you think like a man who really thinks paedophilia is an awful thing? is he? he didn't report it. he said that he wouldn't quit over it. he seems to think he's a martyr now. justin welby did apologise for his performance in the lords . here's performance in the lords. here's what he had to say. i would like to apologise for the hurt that my speech has caused. i understand that my words, the things i have said and those i omitted to say have caused further distress for those who were traumatised and continue to be harmed by john smyth's heinous abuse, and by the far reaching effects of other perpetrators of abuse, it did not intend to overlook the experience of survivors or to make light of the situation, and i am very sorry for having done so. look, i still think that the best thing for welby is if he disappears somewhere very far away, never to be seen again. let's get your thoughts on our wonderful panel this evening. director of the centre of migration and economic prosperity. it's stephen wolf .

prosperity. it's stephen wolf. i've got senior reporter at guido fawkes, ellie wheatley and former labour party adviser matthew torbitt. stephen, i'll start with you. look, that, for me, was absolutely astonishing. that really. i mean, he doesn't seem to be behaving like a man who. and i'm sure he will say he does take paedophilia very seriously. i'm not trying to drag him into that, but he's not really behaving like a bloke who does.is really behaving like a bloke who does. is he? >> he's not a man that's behaving like a decent man, patronising , haughty, arrogant, patronising, haughty, arrogant, self—serving . all of these come self—serving. all of these come to mind and some of it comes into the words that he used. he didn't use peasants revolt . he didn't use peasants revolt. he used revolting peasants. that is the same language of clinton when she said those things she said about the citizens of america, the same things that the deplorables. it's that kind of mindset. and what i find fascinating is you use the words simon, simon de sodbury , who was simon, simon de sodbury, who was the archbishop at the time, who lost his head in the peasants

revolt during a period in which you saw huge immigration into the country from 1066 to 1300, increased by 250%, in which farmers were attacked and had their lands removed, in which taxes were increased. and simon de sodbury did one thing he supported the government over the peasants revolt. what is this particular archbishop done? supported the government and all the changes that are very similar to that in this country. he needs to lose his head, if not his tongue, for the way that he speaks about people in this country metaphorically speaking. >> metaphorically speaking. yeah. and ought to be arrested by no elianne what does this say of the type of person that welby is, do you think? >> well, listen, i mean, it was a very distasteful speech, you know? >> listen, he might not have known the full information of what was going on. you know, you're you're the head of a very large organisation. so it's highly possible that he did think that this case was reported to the police. but nonetheless, i mean, he really is you know, he's more of a

political activist than a theological theologian, right? i mean , this is not the first time mean, this is not the first time that he's had to apologise for something that he said. do you remember when he had to apologise for likening climate change to the nazi germany? i mean, he also likened trump, trump and brexit to fascism . he trump and brexit to fascism. he also called the rwanda plan ungodly . i mean, he's not ungodly. i mean, he's not exactly an inspiring person to be leading, you know, the church, is he? >> no, indeed. and this is this is he has, for obvious reasons. i mean, his former role , you i mean, his former role, you know, kind of demonstrates really that you should be quite a nice guy. like you're an archbishop, right? that's it. and then i just look at this and i'm like, i don't think he necessarily is . and to be necessarily is. and to be showing his face at cocktail parties, i mean, ian hislop told a fantastic story about how welby just rocked up and was trying to say, well, i didn't really know about it. and he said to him, well, it was four years of lying about it, not enough for you, archbishop, and everything. he just doesn't seem to get it. does this point, matthew, to maybe something a

bit bigger? the arrogance of that kind of that class of individual, do you think? >> i don't know, maybe shouldn't, shouldn't tarnish everybody with the same brushes as him. i would say, to put it more bluntly, it's just a bit of a muppet like , you can't go a muppet like, you can't go around acting like this. and actually, i think there's something quite ironic about a what is now a former man of the cloth, not actually asking for forgiveness. yeah . that's me. forgiveness. yeah. that's me. i wouldn't be able to sleep if i if i'd have known this had happened on my watch. and i think to not stand up is he had a total opportunity today to apologise properly to and say, i'm really sorry and i seek forgiveness from those that have been affected and i should have done more. whether he and the other thing is it's about the it's about deeds and actions, not words, he said in his original resignation. i am responsible both institutionally and personally. and yet he's almost hinted today whether he actually is responsible because he said, well, if i'm responsible or not, you have to go. so he's he's full of it for, for want of a better term and making out that he's a martyr. >> but there's a wider point

here, stephen, i think that. yeah, okay. we're a secular country. fine. we are. we are a christian country as well. and church numbers have been dwindling in the church of england, and a lot of them have been dwindling under welby's watch as a man, there who is fine to sign the church up for a billion quid's worth of slavery reparations. remarkably, then it turned out completely unrelated, of course, that his own family used to own slaves. there we go. talk about inherent guilt. maybe there, but he doesn't seem to care too much about local parishes not being able to have enough people on the pews being underfunded, people turning their back on the church of underfunded, people turning their back on the church of england . i think you look at england . i think you look at england. i think you look at stuff like that that he's put england. i think you look at stuff like that that he's put out there in the house of lords out there in the house of lords today and you think, has he today and you think, has he actually been bad for britain in actually been bad for britain in that respect? that respect? >> i think he's been very bad >> i think he's been very bad for britain in lots of ways, not for britain in lots of ways, not only because at the time that we only because at the time that we neededin only because at the time that we needed in covid, we needed a neededin only because at the time that we needed in covid, we needed a religious leader who was willing religious leader who was willing and capable to actually give us and capable to actually give us some hope, some aspirations, some hope, some aspirations, some hope, some aspirations, some ability to get through some hope, some aspirations, some ability to get through these issues. and instead he these issues. and instead he closed the churches and closed the churches and criticised those in the local criticised those in the local vicars for actually doing that vicars for actually doing that and wanting to have it open. in and wanting to have it open. in many ways, the idea of many ways, the idea of criticising those people who criticising those people who

voted for people turning voted for brexit, as you said, and more than that, those who like myself , believe in managed like myself, believe in managed migration as being racist creates a divide in this country. what we needed was around his predecessor, who was very much more a thoughtful theologian capable of giving us theologian capable of giving us the kind of theologian