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tony blair right.7 he says that too many people are playing the journalist benjamin butterworth and manyx—chairman journalist benjamin butterworth and many people man journalist benjamin butterworth and many people are playing the mental health card. i've got two too many people are playing the mental health card. i've got two tv psychologists who vehemently tv psychologists who vehemently disagree. disagree. >> plus, it's just disgusting. >> plus, it's just disgusting. you know, people want answers. you know, people want answers. we should be able to have them we should be able to have them in just a few moments time. in just a few moments time. >> i'll be making a huge >> i'll be making a huge announcement about support for announcement about support for victims of pakistani rape gangs victims of pakistani rape gangs alongside maggie oliver. and it alongside maggie oliver. and it involves you. so watch this involves you. so watch this space and more migration space and more migration madness. i'm afraid a jamaican madness. i'm afraid a jamaican rapist can't be deported because rapist can't be deported because he claims he's bisexual, despite he claims he's bisexual, despite there being no evidence of him there being no evidence of him dating men. but in other news, dating men. but in other news, trans women are women. trans women are women. >> but in the prison context, >> but in the prison context, there is no automatic right for there is no automatic right for a trans woman. there are a trans woman. there are contexts where a trans woman is contexts where a trans woman is not a woman. no there is. there not a woman. no there is. there is. is. >> nicola sturgeon has announced >> nicola sturgeon has announced

that she's getting a divorce, that she's getting a divorce, which will come as a surprise to which will come as a surprise to absolutely nobody. but who gets absolutely nobody. but who gets custody of the motorhome.7 on my custody of the motorhome.7 on my panel tonight it's daily express panel tonight it's daily express columnist carole malone, columnist carole malone, journalist benjamin butterworth journalist benjamin butterworth and the ex—chairman and the ex—chairman of the tory party, sirjake berry. oh, and find out why this guy has been making some rather unusual headlines. hi everyone. >> i'm mike stratton, also known on social media as game show guy. >> get ready britain. here we go. it's time to show the rape gang victims and survivors that we care. next. >> good evening, i'm katie bowen. it'sjust >> good evening, i'm katie bowen. it's just gone. 9:00. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. sir keir

starmer says he's completely confident in his team, with his spokesman saying today that rachel reeves will stay on as chancellor until the next general election following turmoil in the markets. the pm's official spokesman added that sir keir starmer has full confidence in rachel reeves, and he will be working with her for the whole of the parliament. in the whole of the parliament. in the past week, there's been a drop in the pound and an increase in borrowing costs, with downing street saying nothing is off the table as government departments consider where to cut spending. ms reeves has been in china bolstering ties with the nation, which senior cabinet minister pat mcfadden has said was in the national interest. shadow business secretary andrew griffith said that the chancellor failed to make some vital decisions in her budget. speaking in the house of commons today, home office ministerjess phillips said work to implement recommendations made by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will be completed as quickly as can possibly be done. that comes as also this

afternoon, the labour mp for rotherham, sarah champion, has called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. in a statement posted to x, the mp said that local inquiries do not have the power to compel witnesses or evidence and would not satisfy the public concern of cover ups. over the weekend, another labour mp, dan carden, also broke ranks with sir keir starmer to call for an inquiry. he's urging the prime minister to use the full power of the state to deliver justice.

to use the full power of the state to deliver justic as fires thousands evacuated as fires rage on in california. 23 people, all adults, remain missing and more than 92,000 people are currently under evacuation orders, officials have said. la county sheriff robert luna also added that at least 34 people have been arrested. meanwhile, us president elect donald trump has called politicians in california incompetent over their handling of the fires. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go 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.

>> good evening and welcome to patrick christys. tonight i'm going to start tonight's show in a very different way. as regular viewers and listeners will know, ihave viewers and listeners will know, i have done a few fundraisers here, and to be very honest with you, i had actually decided not to do another one for quite some time. i didn't want it to be overkill. i think you can all understand that, but i do now feel like we've been overtaken by events. i've been in the news industry for about ten years now, and in that time i've seen the issue of child sexual abuse and exploitation, most notably grooming gangs, specifically , grooming gangs, specifically, pakistani rape gangs drop in and out of the news cycle. there'll be a big fuss made about it for a few weeks and then it goes away again. but the one constant in all of this is the victims. the survivors. there are hundreds of thousands of victims of child sexual abuse, and there are more every single day right across the country. it is still

happening right now. i know this is an issue that gb news viewers and listeners care deeply about. it's an issue that i care deeply about, and i wanted to do something that would hopefully last forever. the survivors have suffered for decades, but i know, like me, you'd like to help them. i have decided to launch a fundraiser for the maggie oliver foundation, and you can go to gofundme.com/stop grooming gangs. that's gofundme.com/stop grooming gangs. now i've set a target of £100,000, which might be quite ambitious, but i know the strength of feeling on this issue. and i thought, well, we might as well aim big, mightn't we.7 and might as well aim big, mightn't we? and i'm planning on running this for this week, so we need to crack on. maggie blew the whistle on the rape gang epidemic in greater manchester. her foundation gives support

both through legal support and through therapy, etc, to all victims of child sexual abuse. and she has worked tirelessly to help save and rebuild their lives. we've been talking a lot about these poor, vulnerable, working class girls abused on an industrial scale in places like rotherham, rochdale, oldham, bradford, oxford, aylesbury, everywhere. it's happening everywhere. it's happening everywhere. well, tonight let's show them and all the other survivors out there in the country how much we care. so please go to gofundme.com. forward slash. stop grooming gangs and donate now. the link is on the bottom of your screen if you're watching us on telly. we also have a qr code that will be bringing up at some point shortly. there it is. right go. right on cue. there's a qr code there. so i believe if you hover your phone over that, then it

should take you to the relevant page. that target that we've set is £100,000. i know it's january and everyone's probably a bit skint, and i do know that it's not been that long since i decided to do a fundraiser previously, but i just thought, look, the time is now when it comes to this issue, isn't it? so i'm delighted to be joined live by maggie oliver herself. maggie, thank you so, so much for joining us tonight. and forjoining us tonight. and i would just like to start by asking you, look, this isn't really a political issue, is it? this is about the victims and about the survivors. >> first of all, patrick, can i just say how eternally grateful i am? because we are not. my charity is not funded by the state and the government politicians. we are completely non—political. and right from day one, i have always said this is about the truth. it is about the evidence. it is not about point scoring. it's about protecting children who have been repeatedly failed and

calling out the lies, the cover ups and the corruption that i have seen for the past 20 years. this subject has taken over my life, and when i started my charity in 2019, i did it because i was falling apart on my own. i now have a team of people who share my passion, but we do not get a penny from the state or for anybody else. so it's the public that have kept us here and i take very, very it's been my life, but i take very, very seriously the r