>> good morning. monday the 3rd of february live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning. so american president donald trump looks set to hit the eu with trade tariffs after doing so to canada, mexico and china. but could the uk be spared? >> the european union is really out of line. uk is out of line, but i'm sure that one. i think that one can be worked out. but the european union is it's an atrocity. >> and guess where the prime minister's going? it's going to the european union, of course, to brussels to reset our relationships with the european union. does he need to be here?

we're going to debate that. >> we're going to be joined in the studio by a man who was misdiagnosed with incurable motor neurone disease and made plans to end his own life. don't miss that. >> and 4 in 5 children under 12 are worried about climate change, as teachers struggle to tackle so—called eco anxiety. can't they just let kids be kids? >> it's the teachers who are causing it. now network rail is telling its staff to stop using the word passenger in an attempt to reduce customer frustration. and of course, pregnant women must be called pregnant people. >> a new ofsted school inspection proposals are branded worse than the system currently in place, as a colour coded system is set to replace one word reviews. >> and households in scotland could be banned from owning cats in order to protect native mammals and birds. you might say

it's perplexing. >> you wrote that. has the scottish government taken complete leave of its senses? this was a report commissioned by nicola sturgeon when she was still the first minister, and it's all about protecting the environment. cats kill birds, cats kill mice. that's what they do. it's nature. >> well, you're a cat lover. you have a cat. >> i've got two rosie and minnie, and they are predatory. and they kill cats. sorry. they kill mice, they kill birds. and on two occasions. labour voters. and not enough of those. and they've even killed squirrels. look, what am i going to do? put them on a lead. >> quite a fan. of them killing squirrels. >> yeah, they're a menace. >> yeah, they're a menace. >> well, what? what do you make of it? it feels like every government in the uk is obsessed with banning things, aren't they? just get out of our life and do the minimum job that you're meant to be doing. >> i think the scottish government's got far more

important priorities than cats. >> well, you would think so. you're not feeling this one, are you, andrew? >> who's giving you. >> who's giving you. >> these terrible lines? it's more of this gbnews.com/yoursay to get in touch this morning. also with your terrible puns. cat related. we'd love to hear from you. first, though, here's sam francis with your news. >> bev and andrew. thank you very much. good morning to you. it's just after 9:30. well, the top story this hour. donald trump says tariffs against the uk are now on the table, claiming britain is out of line. that's after insisting similar measures targeting the european union are, he says, definitely happening. however, he suggests prime minister sir keir starmer has been very nice and believes a solution can be found. it comes as us tariffs on canadian, mexican and chinese goods are set to kick in tomorrow with a 25% rate on canada and mexico and 10% on china. well, it means that markets have tumbled as investors react to the weekend announcement as countries also

plan countermeasures. and here's what trump had to say last night. >> well, definitely happened with the european union, i can tell you that, because they've really taken advantage of us. and, you know, we have over a $300 billion deficit. they don't take our cars, they don't take our farm products, they take almost nothing. and we take everything from them. millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products. so the uk is way out of line and we'll we'll see the uk. but european union is really out of line. uk is out of line. but i'm sure that i think that one can be worked out. but the european union is it's an atrocity. >> well, that threat comes ahead of sir keir starmer's trip to brussels today, where he is joining european leaders for defence and security talks, the first british prime minister to do so since brexit. he's meeting nato's secretary—general there, calling it part of a reset with

the eu. the government insists the eu. the government insists the uk won't, though, rejoin the single market but does want better cooperation on crime, trade and defence. after that visit to brussels, he's set to visit to brussels, he's set to visit the us in the coming weeks. ofsted has unveiled its new school inspection report cards, set to launch in the autumn of this year, replacing single word grades with detailed assessments. schools will be rated across areas like behaviour, leadership and safeguarding, with five new categories from causing concern to exemplary. ofsted says the changes will give parents more meaningful insights, but teaching unions are warning it could increase pressure on schools and worsen the teacher recruitment crisis. the overhaul follows the controversy after the 2023 death of headteacher ruth perry, which a coroner did link to an inspection at her school. thames water is heading to court today seeking approval for an emergency cash lifeline as it faces running out of money

within weeks. lenders are offering up to £3 billion in short term loans to buy a major time for a major restructuring. failure to secure the deal, though, could push the uk's biggest water company towards nationalisation, costing taxpayers an estimated £2 billion a year. the thames water company insists services for its 16 million company customers will continue. whatever happens and beyonce has finally done it. she's gone and won best album at the 67th grammy awards in los angeles last night after years of being snubbed. here's how she summed up that moment. >> i'd like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this, this album. we worked so hard on it. i think sometimes genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists, and i just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about. and to

stay persistent. wow. i'd like to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators. thank you. this wouldn't have been this album without you. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> album cowboy carter, which explores the black roots of country music, earned her that long elusive top prize. after four previous losses, the singer visibly moved to dedicated the win to country pioneer linda martell, saying i just feel very honoured. it makes beyonce the first black woman to take home the award since lauryn hill in 1999. congratulations to beyonce. those are the latest headlines. i'll be back with you at the top of the hour. now though, it's over to andrew and bev. >> 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. >> oh, very good morning. 937 britain's newsroom with bev and andrew. we made it to another week. we certainly february. we made it through january. everybody that's got to be a reason to celebrate, hasn't it? >> and it's not just as quite as dark as it was, but it's dark if you're a cat owner in scotland. i checked 22% of households in scotland own a cat. is this snp government intent on political electoral suicide? to say you can't own a cat in certain areas or you have to keep them indoors because they're affecting the mammal population because they're predatory? >> that's right. so wildlife groups in scotland are worried about birds. i like birds. so do i. but i also respect a household owner to own a cat in scotland. so the idea that a government could dictate to people you can't own a cat or domestic.

>> cat, or it has to stay indoors. so if you've had cats that have been going out like mine have for the last 12 years, then suddenly going to stay indoors, they're house to pieces. >> the only exceptions might be if owners build enclosed outdoor runs for their pets, or take their cat out on a lead. how would your cat feel about going out on a lead? >> well, it. >> well, it. >> wouldn't happen. >> wouldn't happen. >> i wouldn't. >> i wouldn't. >> go out. you'd look like a bit of a wally, wouldn't you? >> well, i wouldn't go out on loose. >> more than usual. >> more than usual. >> it'sjust >> more than usual. >> it's just stupid. >> more than usual. >> it'sjust stupid. my >> more than usual. >> it's just stupid. my point really is, hasn't the scottish government got more important things to think about? for instance, they have the worst record for drug related deaths in the whole of europe. yeah. and here they are faffing on about cats. we've got the scottish first minister, former husband who's been arrested over potential fraud. is this just distraction? >> yeah. well, what is it? no, this is this is the. these are the kind of animal welfare types who exist that want to control everything in their own. >> the scottish animal welfare. >> the scottish animal welfare. >> for their.

>> for their. >> own ambition, which claims domestic cats are threatening rare wild cat population. what? wild cat? so wild cat? >> apparently 57 million mammals. i think they mean mice and rats. yeah. 27 million birds and rats. yeah. 27 million birds and 5 million reptiles are brought home to pet owners each year by their cats in the uk. so the overall body count of killed wild prey being as high as 700 million. >> how did they get that figure? did they interview the cats or the cat owners? because in all the cat owners? because in all the years i've owned cats, i've never been asked how many birds, mice or. >> reptiles. >> reptiles. >> it's ridiculous. that is an invented figure by a ludicrous commission. >> it also suggests that we would be overrun by reptiles, mice and rats. surely if scotland banned cat ownership. >> some might say this industry is already overrun by. >> surrounded by idiots. but also, we want to have it. we

just want to talk a little bit about network rail as well, and the fact that they're policing language that the staff can use around passengers. but i think we'll save that little rant for you. just give you a clue. >> they're going to refer to pregnant people. of course they are. really. >> it's all about manipulation. >> it's all about manipulation. >> can the country britain be spared from donald trump's tariff war? you know, he's imposing tariffs on canada, mexico, china. >> yeah. well, speaking overnight, trump said the uk is out of line, which is a little mysterious, but admits that something could be worked out. tensions, though, seem to be rising very much so between america and canada in this tariff war. have a listen to this. this was a toronto raptors fans at the group's in a stadium who were booing the us national anthem at a basketball game on sunday, which is being sung by a 15 year old kyrie daniel. listen to this. >> oh. i see by the notes.

>> like that is unheard of. that is the canadians booing america. >> but also traumatising a 15 year old girl. >> poor girl. >> poor girl. >> on stage. >> on stage. >> and the canadians are meant to be the politest country in the world. so it just shows you the world. so it just shows you the tension that is building between those two closest of neighbours. >> yeah, well it's provocative, but he said he was going to do it and he's doing it. let's talk to david. dan, who's professor of international politics. professor. done. good morning to you. donald trump says he was going to put tariffs on. he's done it. 25% canada, 25%. mexico, 10% china possibly coming towards the eu. do you think this will be popular in america? >> i think it will be massively unpopular once the economic impacts of this become apparent, because this will be massively disrupted. supply chains to the supply of oil into the american market. america gets 60% of its

oil from canada. it will be inflationary. it will hit competitiveness. it will hit growth. so if he sticks with this and there and there is a trade war between the three closest trading partners of the united states, it's going to actually we've already seen it hit the markets. it's going to be disruptive in a way that will be disruptive in a way that will be a big shock to many people who voted for trump because they thought he would bring down prices. >> so why is he doing it then, david? why is he putting tariffs on incoming goods? >> well, i think actually it goes back to the fact that trump has believed in tariffs for decades and he now has an opportunity. he has the power to do this. and for him it's a bit of a mantra. he thinks he can raise money from it. he can pressure people. he's talked about demanding respect. well, actually, he's not going to demand respect. he's not going to win much respect. what he's going to get is, is a huge reaction from canada and elsewhere about his attempt to actually bully and bludgeon people into accepting american goods that they don't want. he talks about how american cars, their gas guzzling, they're too

big for our roads, and they actually don't corner very well. >> and that's the point. if you're if you're if you're an american company that make and want to sell your cars, you're going to be delighted with this. what he's doing is looking after his own people. >> no. absolutely not. because most of the components for those cars come across from mexico and canada. so actually it's going to be hugely disruptive to the americans ability to make cars and sell them because of the, the i say the dislocation of those supply chains. and actually the american firms sell cars. if you think ford europe sells a huge amount of cars, but they make cars for the european market in europe and they repatriate the profits. so donald trump, like on most things, is going off half cocked. actually, it's tesla is one of the biggest american companies selling cars around the world. but it isn't like electric cars because he's he's very retro and wants to go back to building cars with internal combustion engines. so these are policies that are actually an old man with old ideas that are going nowhere. >> he said part of his problem with mexico is the border and

immigration, and the number of migrants who's flooded across the border in the last four years. this is a response to that, isn't it? the tariffs. >> but but again, it's completely contradictory because if you want to actually stop people coming across the mexican border, what you don't want to do is make unemployment higher in mexico. what the whole idea of the north american free trade agreement and the and the successor to that, that he did in 2020 was to create jobs in mexico so people can actually stay there rather than want to come and work in the united states. so it's contradictory, evenin states. so it's contradictory, even in his own terms. and the idea that actually he can pressure the mexicans and the canadians to stop supplying fentanyl across the border misses the point. they're actually trying pretty hard to do that. it's not in their interest to. and what the mexicans say is this is demand led. think about the demand in america and also think about actually the supply of weapons to the cartels and gangs in mexico that the america supplies. that makes the problem worse. so actually, you talk about getting things right at home. if you did things at home first and got those things

right, you wouldn't need to bully his neighbours. >> okay. all right. david, good to see you as always. professor of international politics there. david dunn, leaders of countries have carrots or they have sticks. >> yeah, and he's using sticks. >> yeah, and he's using sticks. >> he's going hard with stick first. right up next, is there a stigma attached to people who use weight loss injections? but first, if you want some inspiration for winter sun, don't we all? here are our top european holiday destinations. >> i hope it doesn't rain. >> i hope it doesn't rain. >> don't worry about it. >> don't worry about it. >> it'll spoil our holiday. >> it'll spoil our holiday. >> relax, we're totally covered. >> relax, we're totally covered. >> allclear travel insurance sponsors gb news travel. destinations. forecast. >> hello. well, there's plenty of fine weather around as higher pressure becomes established. but unsettled in parts of greece. so across the canaries largely dry on tuesday across gibraltar, perhaps just seeing some spells of rain or showers. largely dry across parts of italy as well with sunshine, but across greece we have got an area of low pressure bringing some showers, perhaps quite

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>> welcome back to britain's >> welcome september. and >> welcome backzmber. and >> welcome back to ber. and >> welcome back to britain's newsroom bev and andrew. so newsroom bev and andrew. so health care professionals have health care professionals have raised concern about the long raised concern about the long term impacts of weight loss term impacts of weight loss jabs. but as a society, we seem jabs. but as a society, we seem to be normalising them. to be normalising them. >> let's talk to alec >> let's talk to alec shelbrooke, the conservative mp shelbrooke, the conservative mp for wetherby and easingwold, who is the living embodiment of why for wetherby and easingwold, who is the living embodiment of why these drugs work. you are on these drugs work. you are on wegovy. so i've known you, alec, wegovy. so i've known you, alec, for many years. you were at one for many years. you were at one point you tipped the scales at. point you tipped the scales at. >> well 21 stone, but have been >> well 21 stone, but have been 24 stone in the past. 24 stone in the past. >> but as an mp you were 21 >> but as an mp you were 21 stone and you've lost how many stone and you've lost how stone? >> so five and a half stone. now, since september. >> in not even a year? >> no, since september. and

>> but as an mp you were 21 stone a h you've lost how >> but as an mp you were 21 stone a i am u've lost how >> but as an mp you were 21 stone a i am probably how >> but as an mp you were 21 stone ai am probably a>w >> but as an mp you were 21 stone ai am probably a stone >> no, i am probably a stone lighter than before. i met my wife, so. yeah, as i say, i mean, i've been married 15 years, coming up and. >> married to a new man. >> married to a new man. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> alec, i'm interested that you say you've been very disciplined with it, but obviously you weren't able to exercise that discipline to lose the weight without the drugs. why? >> so the drug fundamentally, i mean, this is what it does for me. it takes away the cravings. that's the fundamental. you've still got to do the things you would do to lose weight. and that's painful. i mean, we're screaming against what our bodies want. but you know, you can look at the goodies, if you will, and say, no, i don't want them. you can control your quantities. christmas is a good example. i thought, i'm not going to be a saint over christmas. i'll just enjoy christmas. i'll just enjoy christmas. had a mince pie. that was it. i didn't want anything else. last year i would have had five. >> there aren't without the side effects. these weight loss drugs though, are they? and we haven't had them for that long, so we're

only now realising the longer term side effects. but you can have nausea, nausea, blood pressure problems. what how how have the side effects been for you. anything. >> so the blood pressure is great. that's gone down 30 millibars. i'm now 120 over 70. and you know, i've had a high blood pressure for a long time. and that shows the weight difference. the pain has come off my joints. i mean, these are all fairly obvious things. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> a bit of nausea. yeah. i'll have. >> a. >> a. >> a. >> a bit of nausea. i feel a bit nauseous in the morning, but i don't eat to 1:00 anyway and don't eat to 1:00 anyway and don't eat to 1:00 anyway and don't eat after nine those two meals. that's how i'm doing it. it's effectively intermittent fasting. but as i say, you get a bit of nausea. it is difficult to say, though. how much is the drug and how much is that calorie starvation? >> and what about the cost on the nhs of this? have you got it on the nhs or did you have to go private? >> so i had to go private because i only qualified under one thing, not two. i had a bmi of 41, but i didn't have any underlying health issues. now my bloods were getting close to the line of where you can get diabetic, getting close to the

line, and that's why i took action. but for all of the conversations about pressure on the nhs, we know that diabetes and other related illnesses due to obesity is putting a huge strain on the nhs. and when we've gone through all these years of getting people to give up smoking because of the strain on the nhs, why are we not doing this? because obesity can cause blood issues, heart issues, cancers, all these things. >> stay with us because we've got to quickly take the weather. but we also want to talk to you about the big political stories of the day. so thank you for that. >> i think you look great, by the. >> way, with catherine short. i'm glad you retrieved that. no, no. 110. >> no. >> it was a fat bloke. >> it was a fat bloke. >> see? in a minute. >> see? in a minute. >> despite the morning rain, it'll be a nice, warm, cosy day ahead. boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office. looking ahead, it's going to be turning wet and windy in the northwest, dner wet and windy in the northwest, drier in the south—east but turning colder as we see higher

pressure building. so it's been a cold start across the southeast, but a bright start here. across much of england and wales, though, it is going to be a largely dry day through monday. there'll be a few showers, maybe across the midlands and the south—east of england, but across northern ireland and western scotland increasingly unsettled, wet and windy, with heavy spells of rain but mild here. temperatures coming up around 10 or 11 degrees. so through the rest of monday evening, then that band of rain will continue to slowly edge its way in from the west, affecting much of scotland dunng affecting much of scotland during rush hour. so do take care if you are out and about. there'll be some strong winds and perhaps some surface water flooding across northern ireland. a cloudy picture here, with outbreaks of rain just edging in later on in the evening across much of england and wales, though, holding on to generally cloudy skies and staying largely dry. so as we go through the rest of monday evening and overnight, heavy spells of rain persisting across

northern ireland and much scotland slowly sinking its way south and eastwards and accompanied by some very strong winds towards the south of that. though largely dry across much of england and wales, and temperatures for all of us staying up above freezing. so a frost free start to tuesday, but a damp start, especially across northern parts of england and then into wales with this band of rain slowly trying to sink its way south and eastwards. ahead of that, often dry and cloudy across much of south and eastern england, but behind across northern ireland and scotland. sunny spells frequent showers, turning colder here. some of the showers could turn a little bit wintry over the hills towards the south. highs of 10 or 11 degrees by. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a front. boxt heat pumps

>> well. >> well. >> yeah. on monday the 3rd of february live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> donald trump looks set to hit the eu with trade tariffs, but possibly the uk could be spared. >> the european union is really out of line, the uk is out of line, but i'm sure that would. i think that one can be worked out, but the european union is it's an atrocity. >> var kyrees on his travels again, this time to brussels, to reset relations with the european union. does the prime minister need to be there or should he be here? we're going to be debating that. >> and we're going to be joined in the studio by a man who was misdiagnosed with the incurable motor neurone disease and made plans to end his own life. don't miss that. >> network rail has gone. woke. it's telling its staff that pregnant women must be called pregnant women must be called

pregnant people. and a whole range of nonsense language policing. >> and households in scotland could be banned from owning pet cats by the snp government to protect native mammals and birds. cat owners, i'm told, have got to say this won't be feline. fine. this one who is writing this? >> not me. now. runny noses, sore throats and upset stomachs are going to be rife today. apparently it's national sickie day. have you put on your poorly voice to the boss this morning? and is that why you're watching us at home? do let us know. >> have a sick voice. well, i don't know. >> well, it depends if you're sick. like, if you're sick, you're sick. i've got long inaugurates. i'm still coughing a little bit. which i know makes you very nervous. >> she starts to name drop this year with trump in washington. >> a.

>> a. >> week or so ago. >> week or so ago. >> i'm still not quite right. i know that my mother will. >> be watching. you haven't been quite right for a long time. >> my mom. >> my mom. >> hated that pre—dated the inauguration. >> shall we say, to my dad. she's still coughing. i can hear she's still coughing. she's not resting enough. and you're right, mum, i'm not resting enough gbnews.com/yoursay for your thoughts this morning. first, though, here's the news with sam. >> very good afternoon. very good morning to you. in fact, the top story just after 10:00. well, donald trump says tariffs against the uk are now on the table, claiming britain is out of line after insisting similar measures targeting the european union are definitely happening. however, he suggests the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has been very nice and believes a solution can be found. it comes as us tariffs on canadian, mexican and chinese goods are set to kick in tomorrow. meanwhile, markets have tumbled as investors reacted to the announcement over the weekend. countries are planning

countermeasures. well, here's what donald trump had to say about those tariffs last night. >> well, definitely happened with the european union, i can tell you that because they've really taken advantage of us. and, you know, we have over a $300 billion deficit. they don't take our cars, they don't take our farm products. they take almost nothing. and we take everything from them. millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products. so the uk is way out of line and we'll we'll see the uk. but european union is really out of line. uk is out of line. but i'm sure that i think that one can be worked out. but the european union is it's an atrocity. >> well, that threat comes ahead of sir keir starmer's trip to brussels today, joining european leaders for defence and security talks. he's the first british prime minister to do so since brexit. he's meeting nato's secretary—general, calling it part of a reset with the eu. and

the government insists the uk won't be rejoining the single market, but does want better cooperation on crime, trade and defence. after brussels, the prime minister is set to visit the us in the coming weeks. in other news, ofsted has unveiled its new school inspection report card, set to launch in the autumn of this year, replacing single word grades with detailed assessments. schools will be rated across areas like behaviour, leadership and safeguarding, with five new categories from causing concern to exemplary. ofsted says the changes will give parents more meaningful insights, but teaching unions are warning it could increase pressure on schools and worsen the teacher recruitment crisis. the overhaul follows, of course, the controversy after the death of the headteacher, ruth perry, which a coroner linked to an inspection at her school. thames water is heading to court today seeking approval for an emergency cash lifeline as it faces running out of money within weeks. lenders are offering up to £3 billion in

short term loans to buy time for a major restructuring. failure to secure the deal could push the uk's biggest water company towards nationalisation, costing taxpayers up to £2 billion a yeah taxpayers up to £2 billion a year. the company has already heavily been criticised for its poor performance and remains under pressure over soaring bills. but thames water insists services for its 16 million customers will continue. spain's former football federation president is on trial today for sexual assault after kissing player jenni hermoso. the 2023 playerjenni hermoso. the 2023 women's world cup. she insists that the kiss was not consensual and is currently testifying on day one of the rubiales trial in madrid. prosecutors are seeking a one year prison sentence for sexual assault and an additional sentence for coercion, which luis rubiales denies. it follows protests, political backlash and rubiales eventual resignation .

rubiales eventual resignation. and, well, beyonce has finally done it. she's gone and won best album at the 67th grammy awards in la last night after years of being snubbed. and here's how she summed up that very special moment. >> i'd like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this, this album. we worked so hard on it. i think sometimes genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists, and i just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about. >> well. the singer was visibly moved and dedicated that win to the country pioneer linda martell, saying, i just feel very honoured. it makes beyonce the first black woman to take home the award since lauryn hill in 1999. earlier in the night, kendnck in 1999. earlier in the night, kendrick lamar swept five categories. what lady gaga made a stand for lgbtq+ rights. those are the latest headlines. another roundup in about half an hour now, though, it's back over

to andrew and bev. >> 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 morning. welcome back to britain's newsroom. i think we're going to stay with alec, aren't we? >> we are. yeah. yeah. so the prime minister going to eu, first time a british prime minister has been sat down with all the eu leaders for dinner since we left the european union. on the day we hear trump saying he's coming after the eu with huge whopping trade tariffs. the, the optics yet again with this labour prime minister are astonishing. >> you're absolutely right. and you know, they say that we need to tread a path between the us and the eu. but you almost wagging your fingers at the us at the moment. and, you know,

they said, well, i mean, donald trump said that, you know, the uk weren't in a good place like the eu, but we can negotiate that. i'm not sure if you're opening up the ability to do those negotiations, if you seem to be pushing. and what i'm really worried about is the comments that they might capitulate on certain areas and put us back into that orbit on a defence issue. and i think we've got to be much stronger on where we stand on that defence issue. something called pesco, which is permanent, and security cooperation that came in in 2017. that's a real problem for nato in the long run. >> and we're already worried that trump may withdraw or reduce financial support to nato because he says so many countries are not paying their fair share. so if we then sign up to something with europe, which dilutes nato's power even more, he could pull the whole flippin plug. >> yeah, and i think that there's a real arrogance attached to this that you say to america. i mean, every us president has said europe has to spend more. trump's managed to get them to spend more. but i

think there's a real arrogance to turn around and say, no, we're not going to spend more because you will sort it out for us. that's not the best way to form a relationship. and, you know, if you look at the eu as a whole and the european side of nato as a whole, you know, it can match america. so why would america keep saying, well, we're going to keep paying all this money, and it is vital that america stay in because not least the maritime contribution made to nato. >> what about i was going to ask you about macron. >> well, i mean. >> well, i mean. >> he's in his last hurrah. >> he's in his last hurrah. >> yeah. and actually he's been one of the biggest threats to nato. i mean, he called it a brain dead organisation. he's been pushing for a european military, however you want to describe that. and of course, some of these countries are constitutionally bound to not take part. it was a nato operation effectively in libya, but germany couldn't take part in that because constitutionally they're not there. now, the thing about pesco is, is that it says you recruit, you know, you

procure through each country the parts you need, not all procuring the same thing. well, if a country that doesn't want to take part or maybe legally can't take part in something, you may not be able to even trigger article five or do that defence capability. and people always forget article three, which says that you must be able to defend your borders for three weeks before the reinforcement of nato arrives. article 5 an attack on one, an attack on the other. but article three says you've got to be able to defend your borders. >> okay, alec. thank you. >> okay, alec. thank you. >> and the very slim alec shelbrooke who's got another stone and a half to lose. >> working on it. >> working on it. >> new suit, by the way. >> new suit, by the way. >> yeah, i've debuted my new suit for you, andrew. >> very good, very, very good, i must say. very good. and wegovy. amazing. >> yeah. thank you. alex. >> yeah. thank you. alex. >> alex. pleasure. >> alex. pleasure. >> good to see you. right. let's see what you've been saying at home. and maria said, of course. it's sickie day today. national sickie day. it's the first pay day. weekend after christmas, at the end of dry january.

insinuating people are off, having had rather a big weekend. and lou says that i come across as unempathetic when talking about obesity. it can be trauma based. i don't think that's true. i, i know it's really difficult to lose weight, and i think there is often in fact. can i just ask you, because alec is still here? i asked you just before actually about when you were you big when you were youngen were you big when you were younger, because obviously sometimes it starts in childhood, doesn't it. >> started to put on weight. when i was about 12 and that fluctuated to and from. but i've always had you know, i've always had to control it, you know, control it or another. and actually becoming a politician and no longer playing football twice a week just ballooned it after that. but what the scientific papers are showing is that it's a lack of a hormone. this is effectively what this is. some people have it, they can maintain their weight and some people don't. >> grilling, grilling something. it's a hormone isn't it? yeah. it's a hormone isn't it? yeah. it affects your appetite. >> that's right. and i've forgotten the name of the other drug. but, you know, this is really making sure that the

population almost has that same level of control. but i keep coming back to the point. a lot of people who comment on why don't you lose weight have never had problems with their weight, but just look at the way into einstein's definition of insanity now, which is keep trying the same thing and expect a different result. 30 years we've been talking about, you know, people need to change their lifestyles, etc. >> but it's been 30 years of subsequent governments not taking control of the food industry, pumping our food full of rubbish and allowing them to make massive products, massive profits out of products packed with sugar. >> yeah. and almost. you're at a stage now where this might be what absolutely brings them to their knees, because it takes away those cravings. i mean, actually, my wife always cooks from fresh, so most of my food is fairly healthy. it was just quantity control. >> yeah. and exercise. yeah. and all the mps need to be building more sports facilities and more centres. and you know. >> well they close most of them. >> well they close most of them. >> yeah. exactly right. alec thank you. >> lovely to see you right now in spain, the former spanish

football association chief, luis rubiales, is appearing in court after being accused of. oh. >> you remember this? >> you remember this? >> of course i do. of sexual assault for kissing the spanish footballer jenni assault for kissing the spanish footballerjenni hermoso assault for kissing the spanish footballer jenni hermoso without consent. they won the football, didn't they? >> that's right. and? and he was giving out the trophies i think, wasn't he. and she came across and he kissed her i think on the lips. >> it was a smacker on the lips. yeah. it was inappropriate, but not a criminal offence, surely. >> well, that court case is going on. we'll bring you the latest about that throughout the show. and a lot more between and midday. don't go anywhere. this

very good morning. 1016 britain's newsroom with bev and andrew. we're joined in the studio by former labour adviser matthew torbitt and former conservative mp steve baker. good morning gentlemen. >> good morning. you don't need you don't need ozempic or wegovy. steve, you've always been very fit. >> oh stop it. i've got 12kg to lose that i've piled on. yeah, i

carry it. i'm very lucky. i carry it. i'm very lucky. i carry it. i'm very lucky. i carry it very well. i lost two stone in 2013. you know, they weigh me in public. used to weigh me in public. used to weigh me, thank god. used to weigh me, thank god. used to weigh me, thank god. used to weigh me in public in whickham every. >> year i remember. >> year i remember. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so who's they? >> so who's they? >> the public. the council. >> the public. the council. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it was a thing. >> it was a thing. >> so council way. >> so council way. >> well, there was this legend that a mayor had once got fat at taxpayer expense. this is a real good story for you guys. a mayor got fat at taxpayer expense. so they started weighing the mayor in and weighing the mayor out, and they get jeered and booed if they've put weight on. very good. but here's the thing. the mayor is weighed in, wearing all their regalia and weighed out in a suit, whereas the rest of us get weighed every year just in our suits. >> can we do that on sadiq khan? but with his bank account? >> we should do it in parliament square with every mp. >> and did you go up and down a lot? because i can remember photographs of you in here. >> so yeah, i did, but what i would try to do is get cheered the year before the general election, and then i'd get jeered afterwards. right. >> 12 what did you say? you've got to lose 12 kilos. >> yeah, i'm 92 kilos. i should.

>> yeah, i'm 92 kilos. i should. >> that's about what's in stone. >> that's about what's in stone. >> stone and. >> stone and. >> a bit stone and a bit. >> a bit stone and a bit. >> i was. yeah. >> but i thought the mps life was the life that created the. >> yeah. you're professionally fat. >> yeah, yeah. so how come you put it on since you've left? >> working from home, actually. >> working from home, actually. >> probably. >> probably. >> there you go. there we go. wouldn't it? very good. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> have you ever been fat, matthew? >> this is probably the heaviest i've been. i was always quite scrawny as a kid. and i think alec shelbrooke, when he was telling us in the green room. he weighs less than me now. so i actually, when i gave up drinking, lost about two stone that i'd put on during covid and then have sort of balanced out again. now i think i need to get back in the gym. >> would you ever have a weight loss jab? >> no, i don't need to. no, i think it's fine. i'm fairly i'm. >> not. >> not. >> suggesting you. >> suggesting you. >> need it, but i just mean like psychologically, emotionally. some people would go, yeah, if i got too big, i'd take it. >> well, i think they're useful, but i've said this before, my brother is on one and he has lost about 2 or 3 stone himself, but still doesn't have the mental discipline. he still his

brain still thinks he needs the portions that he used to have. and i think you need a bit of both. you know, it's not failsafe. >> but i mean, alex lost five stone since. >> he's done amazingly well. yeah, i. >> thought steve, when he came in, genuinely came in. thought he was steve. yeah. he said hello. >> i mean. >> i mean. >> it's his joke that we're brothers, but. >> we all have an emotional relationship with food, don't we? and this is the problem. we can all you can normally trail it back to a reason why some sort of trauma, as one of our viewers said. right. listen, let's talk about this ofsted revamp. now, this was the headteacher who lost her life and she took her own life. and that inspired ofsted to completely rip up their assessments procedure and come up with a new one. is it any good, steve baker? >> well, when somebody dies by their own hand, you have to take things seriously and consider them. but that said, this is a ridiculous proposal. it's being criticised by everyone from the trade unions onwards and the language they've chosen. what doesit language they've chosen. what does it mean that a school is secure in some particular area? i think it's going to create immense confusion, be a waste of money and probably lead to schools being worse off. and so

it should be junked. >> and the colour coding it. now it's a bit like a nando's menu isn't it? spicy, mild or hot. and so you've got if everything is black it's good. red is bad, green is okay. is it going to help parents? >> well, that's my point. is this about helping teachers or is it about helping parents know what's a good or bad school? >> i think i agree with steve. change had to come clearly. and if somebody is at the point of stress where they're taking their own life. >> hang on. but suicide is multi—layered. matthew, you multi —layered. matthew, you would multi—layered. matthew, you would accept that. i agree. the coroner said it was a factor in her suicide. it wasn't. the sole reason. is a one word assessment enough to go off? i think for some people, maybe some schools will feel hard done by if they're a little bit under or over a certain threshold. i welcome that it is a step in the right direction. some of the language i agree is a bit bizarre for me. i don't really understand the point of saying things like secure. i think also, if you're going to do a colour coded system, keep it simple. i think governments and other people run things by a rag

system. red, amber and green. you have green for good, amber for you're getting there and for very bad, surely. and i think if it's to help parents and schools, i'd just do a colour coded system, no words. and that way you can make your own mind up. it's very easy for people to understand and i will say the children's commissioner has welcomed it. it's had its fair share of critics, including the headteacher's sister, in fairness, who feels it's a bit of a rehash. but, you know, with any sort of policy, there's going to be critics and supporters, i think moving in the right direction, but could be better would be my verdict. >> sorry, matthew. surely the fundamental point here is to drive up the standard of education for children, and that means having a competitive school system, which i think the labour party will hate by default. yeah, it means having incentives in place that schools will want to achieve that, that that high outcome now, i think are the great headteachers i've known in the course of my political career. and they don't really need they don't need driving forward because they know what their job is and they are, you know, they tend to naturally deliver outstanding schools, but they're just bound to be places in the country

where people won't do what needs to be done unless there's an incentive to get there. so i'm really worried that this change in sort of softening it for everyone will take out the incentives which are necessary. so that's why i say, although one needs to take the suicide very take it very seriously, it can't be allowed to put in place institutions which end up diminishing the quality of education. >> can i ask you, steve, then? because i've not and this is not a gotcha or anything. i'm genuinely intrigued. i haven't got any kids. it's not something i've given great thought to. i hopei i've given great thought to. i hope i will do one day and therefore i've not. it's not an area i look greatly into when you speak about incentives for schools to do well, what would you propose? what does that look like? what would those incentives be? >> well, we've got to always got to measure output. and that's tncky to measure output. and that's tricky too for schools. like i don't have kids either. but schools in whickham, some of them have 70% of the children with english as a second language. but that's very tough. so measuring them on output is tricky. in a grammar school

system, measuring the what? >> measure them on english for start. >> well, yeah. but you know, if. yes, but primarily. but do you know, one of the things we should do and there's cross—party support for this in whickham, i'm afraid we need to spend more money teaching engush spend more money teaching english to school children. and it's just we're stuck with it. people have come to the uk legitimately, legally, they're british citizens, but their children are speaking whatever language at home. there's one school in whickham where 47 languages are spoken in the school. and how. >> is that for the teachers? >> is that for the teachers? >> it's terrible for the teachers. so it's a very tricky subject, matthew. i mean, but we do have to measure outputs. what is being achieved for these children, to what extent are they improving and what ultimately is achieved? but when you look at the level of competition in the world, i was reading recently that china now turns out more science, technology, engineering and maths graduates than the next. i think it was 3 or 4 nations combined. well, we can't compete on quantity. we better compete on quantity. we better compete on quality. but that means all of us, if we're really going to

make sure the uk flourishes, all of us have got to make sure that we're serious about incentives. and standards. >> are a whole education system is so outdated. do you know why we have 30 children in a class? do you know where that came from? the prussian army? well, because the because this is true. victorian england was impressed by how strong prussia was. poland, russia, germany. that area was so successful that the victorian education leaders said, we're going to base it on the prussian army, which is troops of 30, and we haven't evolved since then. >> we definitely should evolve . >> we definitely should evolve. >> we definitely should evolve. >> nothing works, and i actually admired rishi sunak briefly as prime minister when he wanted to push maths more onto the agenda. and the idea that it's not, it's not cool to be smart and stuff like that. and i think intelligence and knowledge is power. at the end of the day, i think he actually could have gone further because when we talk about english, i think we have a 8 million people in this country that still have the reading and literacy level of a five and six year old, and therefore.

>> all of them. >> all of them. >> yeah, also another great one. so i think there's so much that could be done. i think the problem is, though, if you do get slightly wrong or if you do make reforms, there's going to be a lot of pushback on that as well from teachers unions, parents. >> somebody has to have the backbone. >> but most just about everybody has attacked this reform by philips. and they say it's rushed. >> well yeah, no doubt it is. but it's not just this ofsted reform. she is driving the education system backwards. we put so much effort into improving education. i think that michael gove did a terrific job. it's one of our prouder achievements driving up standards. and she's going to drive schools back to the 1960s. >> very much. does she? because they've got too much control. >> and again, i'm sorry because i've got to know some very great respect for many people on the left. but there's this obsession with what fairness is and making sure everybody gets an equal start. but the problem is i'm all for everybody getting every opportunity and getting a good, fair chance to be lifted up. but there comes a point where you just have to accept that some teachers are better than others, and that's going to advantage some children. what you can't do is take away all the incentives

to drive up the less good teachers. >> but why not pay teachers more if they are good teachers? >> well, i would. >> well, i would. >> love that money. >> love that money. >> but you know that. >> but you know that. >> the academies were had the freedom to do that. not anymore. >> well, that's what she's now said. she's rowing back on that now. >> i'm afraid pay does matter. people kept asking me in parliament, why don't we have more engineers? and the answer is you don't pay them enough. i'm sorry. >> and also, she's obsessed with equality of outcome rather than equality of outcome rather than equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity. classic socialism that will bring the country down. >> look, he's not even disagreeing. >> i would actually say the opposite. i always believe in the equality of opportunity because, you know, i was dealt my hand in life and have been lucky to have people help me out at certain points. and i think you have to have the opportunity and the inner belief to do so. matthews as a as a socialist, i would, i would add, but. >> proper labour. >> proper labour. >> this is. >> this is. >> the left right paradigm doesn't exist anymore. and just. >> you'd have to read the. >> you'd have to read the. >> statement in case you were troubled by that conversation about so and actually the headteacher samaritans on their 24 hour helpline can be reached on 116123. right. should we just

talk briefly then about working from home? rayner's rights crusade is sealing the uk status as the work from home capital of the world, good or bad? >> matt i think a balance is good.i >> matt i think a balance is good. i can see andrew smirking and shaking his head. i think a balance is good and actually it's. i would hope it will actually get more people into work even if they're working from home. i remember doing a piece of work for the party years ago on trying to get a more woman focused economy more subtly, because women tend to do the unpaid labour at home. therefore, without any sort of flexible working. don't go go back into the workplace after having children. so if you can have the ability. i don't like the idea of forcing companies as much as they do my editing, but then if we offered them the chance to do it and say, can you do us a favour, they wouldn't do it. and i think really the imbalance has been there for far. >> too long. one more chance. if it's made it much more woman focused now the workplace, do you think? >> no. i mean, if we're talking about the country, i think her budgefs about the country, i think her budget's done more to roll. >> it. >> it. >> back than angela rayner has done.in >> back than angela rayner has done. in fairness.

>> should it be personal choice? >> should it be personal choice? >> yeah. and you work from home? of course. >> i do work from home. i also work from the institute of directors and royal air force club. it's my great privilege to choose between my. >> office in. >> office in. >> saint james's or my office in mayfair. >> meet for coffee there. it's a lovely club. >> yeah, but look, i'm in favour, obviously, of working from home when it's appropriate, but making it the default for all. i mean, it's a completely mad plan. mad for everyone. when you hire somebody, you do have to get over the line of working out. you can trust them to do their job, out. you can trust them to do theirjob, i'm afraid. and not everybody can be trusted to work from home. and i think working from home. and i think working from home. and i think working from home should be something which you and you allow to people who you know are going to be productive when they're at home. and that, i'm afraid, is life. but it's an absolute classic from basically the laptop class who govern our country. >> which is what elon musk has been talking about. >> well, yeah. and it's symptomatic of what's wrong with how we're governed. we saw it dunng how we're governed. we saw it during covid. if you've got a nice home and you can work from your laptop over zoom, then lockdown wasn't such a big problem. >> also, if productivity is. >> also, if productivity is. >> not in the 13th floor of a

tower block. >> that's all right. that's fine. if productivity is not there and people can't be trusted, sack them. that's the way i'd take it. i think there's no you know, let's allow bosses to manoeuvre to. >> sack communists. yes, but. >> sack communists. yes, but. >> but people need a fair crack of the whip, don't they? so i would want if when i hire somebody, i want them in the office. get to know them. yeah. encourage, encourage and nurture them. make sure that they're getting purpose out of their work and actually make sure that for them, work is an enjoyable thing. but then if they want to work on a home for on a thursday because it helps them with their childcare, that's fine. >> yeah. and look, i'm very sceptical about these figures which show we've got a mental health epidemic in this country. i don't understand why, but i would say if you're working from home, you're struggling with get in the office. it's good. >> for you. as somebody who's. >> for you. as somebody who's. >> wrestled, go into the factory or the shop, work not from home. yeah. have workplace intercourse with people, talking communications. >> yeah. i've been honest about my mental health. wrestled with it throughout most of my life with depression. and it does do us good to be in the office with other people. yeah, but that's a very bad colleagues, of course. but, you know, we do need to be

around other people and have purpose in our lives. >> and true. >> and true. >> but of course, i remember, particularly when my kids were young, the idea that i could have done a couple of days from home would have been so helpful to keep me working and keep my career trajectory going. and i think for parents with young children, it can be an absolute game changer to do a couple of days from home. >> i think so, and i think we have to get to a point, i hope, where we trust people to make the best decisions for themselves. it might be the difference between an extra £500 a month coming in and paying for all sorts of shopping. i think on the flip side, a bit like steve, i've struggled with mental health most of my life and as a very shy and reserved character, i miss the social aspect of a workplace. now i work from home and actually i prefer going meeting people and chatting, and i know that i've got to do that to be better, and i think it's whatever suits people. and i like the idea of work being more flexible, because i can't help but feel part of a generation where we're underpaid and overworked, and actually a little bit of the balance being returned is a good

thing, i think. >> yeah. okay. all right. gentlemen, how very old fashioned to think people can make decisions for themselves. don't you know that's what the government's job is, matthew? >> yes, i trust people. >> yes, i trust people. >> right. see you both in in the next hour. first, though, here's your news with sam francis. >> very good morning to you. 10.30. exactly the top story this hour. donald trump says tariffs against the uk are now on the table, claiming britain is out of line after insisting similar measures targeting the eu are definitely happening. well, he suggested that prime minister sir keir starmer has been very nice, though, and believes a solution can be found. it comes as us tariffs on canadian, mexican and chinese goods are set to kick in tomorrow with a 25% rate on canada and mexico and 10% on china. meanwhile, markets have been tumbling. investigate investors rather react to penn's announcement and countries plan

countermeasures. the threat from donald trump comes ahead of sir keir starmer's trip to brussels today, joining european leaders for the defence and security talks there. he's the first british prime minister to do so since leaving brexit. he's meeting nato's secretary—general, calling it part of a reset with the eu. the government, though, insists the uk won't rejoin the single market but does want better cooperation on crime, trade and defence. after brussels, he's set to visit the us in the coming weeks. ofsted has unveiled its new school inspection report, set to launch inspection report, set to launch in the autumn of this year, replacing single word grades with more detailed assessments. schools will be rated across areas like behaviour, leadership and safeguarding, with five new categories from causing concern to exemplary. ofsted says the changes will give parents more meaningful insights, but teaching unions warn it could increase pressure on schools and worsen the teacher recruitment crisis. the overhaul follows controversy after the 2023 death

of headteacher ruth perry, which a coroner linked to an inspection at her school. former soldier daniel khalife is being sentenced today for prison escape and spying for iran. he fled wandsworth prison by clinging to the underside of a food delivery lorry in september 2023. he was caught, though, days later on a canal towpath, and found guilty in november of breaching the official secrets and terrorism act. he passed information to iranian agents for cash, and pledged to stay in the military for decades to help them. the judge will deliver sentencing remarks later after final submissions this morning, and spain's former football federation president is on trial today for sexual assault after kissing playerjenni hermoso at the 2023 women's world cup. she says the kiss was not consensual and is currently testifying on day one of rubiales trial in madrid. prosecutors are seeking a one year prison sentence for

sexual assault and an additional sentence for coercion, which luis rubiales denies. it follows protests, political backlash and his eventual resignation. those are the latest headlines a full roundup at the top of the hour. now, though, it's back to andrew and bev. >> 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. >> well, still to come, the prime minister, since he's been prime minister, since he's been prime minister, since he's been prime minister, he's been to. should we do this list? yes, andrew. go on. >> washington. >> washington. >> france. >> france. >> italy. >> italy. >> samoa. >> samoa. >> germany. >> germany. >> brazil. >> brazil. >> cyprus. >> cyprus. >> azerbaijan. >> azerbaijan. >> hungary. >> hungary. >> all that since becoming prime minister. >> and he's also seen the german chancellor five times. >> and today he's in brussels meeting eu leaders. never here. kia, come and some work do your job.

gb news. 1037. britain's newsroom on gb news. >> so sir keir starmer in brussels today, the first pm to do so since brexit. meeting with all 27 eu leaders. >> calling it a reset. oh, that word makes me have ptsd. a reset between the uk and the eu. >> is this trip necessary? or is the pm cosying up to europe or is this really essential? talks he has. he's also not just not here. he's also known as air miles here. >> that doesn't rhyme though does it? >> no it doesn't. >> no it doesn't. >> well, we're joined now by the host of rational voices, sunil sharma and the former liberal former leader of the liberal democrats. of course, sir vince cable. morning, gentlemen. thank you so much. okay, sunil, let's start with you. does sir keir starmer need to be there? we need to have a decent relationship, don't we? with the eu? >> no. keir starmer does not

need to be there. we're not part of the european union despite how much you know his party. and maybe the lib dems want us to be. we're not part of the european union, and we need to start to think about the priorities of britain and putting british people first. and i think that's something sir keir starmer struggles to do. i think one of the reasons he's not here in the uk, i think he feels a lot more comfortable with these bureaucrats in the european union, people who i think has a lot more in common with than the average working class brit. so i think he's a much more comfortable in that position. but let's look at the european union. you know, there's been a massive talk and it's been five years since we've brexited since we officially left. and a lot of talk in the uk in decline. the eu at the same time has been one of the lowest growing, has some of the lowest growing, has some of the lowest growing, has some of the lowest growing economies in the world. germany is going through its worst economic crisis since the reunification in 1990. they didn't leave the eu. so what's their excuse? in short, he doesn't need to be in the eu. he needs to be focusing the attention on britain. we see what trump's doing in terms of tariffs with the eu. this isn't a fast growing economy. drug

free was very important post—world war ii. it's nowhere near as important now. so i think in my opinion, sir keir starmer, there is no need for him to be there, especially when you're hearing some of the stuff macron is saying to his face about how bad brexit's been. and it shows a real lack of strength and a real lack of courage to now be bowing down to these eu leaders. >> sir vince has got a point there about macron. macron is apparently describing the prime minister as a supplicant, so effectively going down on bended knee, praying for concessions and compromises with the european union. is that how you see it? >> no, i don't think the personal comments are helpful in either direction, but but he's absolutely right to go to brussels. and it's partly, of course, for reasons of national defence as well as economics. but the simple fact is that the european union is our biggest trading partner by a very long

way. the post—brexit trade arrangements are a complete mess and are doing a great deal of damage. the checking system and whether or not we ultimately go back into the european union. it's a long term question. there are big, there are big short term issues that need to be resolved and which is called a reset. i mean, in my view, the labour government made a terrible mistake by drawing these red lines around europe. but you know, they have. but even within those red lines, there is an awful lot that needs to be done. and in relation to the us, of course, we have to stand up to countries which try to bully us and other people with with trade policy, as the canadians and mexicans are sensibly doing. >> and red lines being things like no return to free movement of people, no going back into the single market. are you suggesting that we should they should be up for grabs for vince? >> well, in the long term, yes, i would favour going back into a much more sensible relationship with our biggest trade partner.

but i recognise the reality that in the short term these things are not possible. certainly a customs union arrangement would be very helpful. and this is why the proposal that's coming out of brussels to develop a customs arrangement, which includes non—members like britain and norway and countries around the mediterranean, would help to alleviate some of the difficulties which businesses are finding. and that's one of the ideas. there's actually within the government's red lines, and it's perfectly sensible to negotiate about it. >> so you can see your body language there disagreeing. go on. >> i think, you know, we have to respect the results of the referendum. and again, the eu isn't the same eu from 20 or 30 years ago. these are some of the lowest performing economies across the globe. i talked about germany. you can say the same thing about france. italy. it makes no sense for us to build closer ties when the majority of this country don't want it. it doesn't make economic sense. we talk about customs union and free these free single markets,

free these free single markets, free trade deals. and this doesn't always work. we've seen so many examples where a lot of these free trade deals, they tend to benefit one bloc more than the other. we can see that in terms of tax revenues, we don't always get the tax revenues. it creates unfair working conditions. there's so much more to than just agreeing a deal with the european union. and i think what we should be doing when we're talking about energy and defence is the first, most important thing is we need to be energy independent. it's a lot easier for big countries like america to share land size, but if we're going to be able to disagree with what's going on in russia, ukraine, whatever, we need energy independence. and that's something that the european union hasn't understood. hence why germany built the nordstrom pipe to russia. you need energy independence. you need defence independence. you need defence independence. you need to be able to make these decisions yourself. the more we continue to get in bed with the european union, even though we left, it makes no sense to me and i think we should really question why sir keir starmer he needs to be in the uk, promoting small businesses in the uk, promoting the interests of british people, not cosying up to bureaucrats that we have absolutely nothing

in common with. >> sir vince respond. >> sir vince respond. >> well, let's deal with this issue about low economic growth. of course, in the short run, the position in germany and france is very poor as it is in most parts of the developed world, actually. and if we're wanting to lock our economy into much closer relationship based on high growth economies, then of course we should be engaging much more with those more dynamic emerging markets, whether it's in the persian gulf or india or vietnam or china. and that's what the government should be doing as part of its trade diplomacy. but even within europe, i mean, there are parts of europe, spain, particularly southern europe in general, greece, which are showing quite strong economic recovery. i mean, you know, in britain itself, it is in no position to lecture the rest of europe and the rest of the world on slow growth. we've had an abysmal performance since the financial crisis and for very deep structural reasons. >> okay. all right. thank you. both. sunil sharma there and the

former leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, let us know at home. >> i just i just think the time is extraordinary. on the day when trump is talking about sanctions on the eu, we've got the prime minister going, as the french president says, to be a supplicant on bended knee, to say, what can i have? and of course, if we if we do enter into anything, we'll have to make concessions and free movement will be back between 18 to 30 year olds. that would be millions coming here. >> sharon said. come on gb news, don't let vince cable get away with repeating the lie that the eu is our biggest trading partner. it isn't. it isn't. the us is the uk's biggest trading partner. well, let's hope it continues to be so under donald trump. >> he's part of the reason i think trump's pulling his punches with us. he does love this country. he's got the he's got the scottish connection. he's got businesses in scotland. >> he's got the nigel farage connection. >> nigel farage connection. but also he loves the royal family. he's gagging to come back as a state visit. he loved being with her majesty the queen. he wants

to be with the king and he wants to be with the king and he wants to be with prince william and the princess of wales. yeah for sure. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/yoursay. but up next we're going to be telling you why owning cats. unbelievable in scotland is under threat. in just a moment. miaow. months. >> i'm not reading any of these puns. i'm not reading any of these puns. they're ridiculous. >> first, though, something that is not ridiculous, sit back and enjoy some top european holiday destination temperatures. >> i forecast a perfect holiday in the sun weather. >> looking good. >> looking good. >> then for sure. and no worries about our travel insurance. >> allclear travel insurance sponsors gb news travel destinations forecast. >> hello. well, there's plenty of fine weather around as higher pressure becomes established but unsettled in parts of greece. so across the canaries largely dry on tuesday across gibraltar, perhaps just seeing some spells of rain or showers. largely dry across parts of italy as well with sunshine, but across greece

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>> good. >> good. >> what's the time? the time is 1050. britain's newsroom on gb news. >> so snp ministers are to consider banning pet cats. >> have you heard anything more ridiculous. >> in a bid to protect birds and other wildlife. >> so you could be forced to keep your pets indoors, or prohibit them altogether from going out? or get this, put them on a leash. they're not dogs. >> we're joined now by the independent councillor alastair redman for kintyre and the islands ward. good morning alastair. we sometimes start this show. we say you think you've heard it all? you haven't. well, today is one of those days. what are they

talking about? >> absolutely. thanks for having me on. certainly. if you were to say this even ten years ago, you would probably be committed. and now it seems to be government policy. and the great irony is, you know, we in scotland used to lead great britain and the world in religious enlightenment, the abolition of slavery, the industrial revolution, that the liberty of the reformation. and now our political leaders are literally talking about herding cats. you could not make this up.and cats. you could not make this up. and frankly, it's a national embarrassment. we in scotland have huge problems with our ferries, our education services, our health and social care. you could go on the underfunded local authorities infrastructure. yet what are our ministers busying themselves with trying to ban cats? parody websites would go out of business. >> when i heard it, i thought, have they not got more important things to do, alastair? but the other thing is this idea that if you if you ban people from owning cats or if you make people keep their cats in that

somehow that means the bird population will soar or mice will be more protected. they've come up with these figures about how many millions of birds are killed every year. how do they know? they can't possibly know how many birds are killed by cats, or how many mice are killed by cats. i don't know how many birds my cats kill. i know how many they brought in their flat in the last year, but i don't know what they're doing outside. it's a joke. >> absolutely. and it tends to be government departments busying themselves trying to justify their own existence, rather than the betterment of the country and the people. and certainly that there are there are a lot of wild cats that kill the bird population, but a well—fed, domesticated cat doesn't really attack birds all the time. and if they do that, that's nature. and i'm afraid, you know, governments have to understand all governments that there is a limit to their powers. and this is just something that is a waste of time. they're not going to improve our country in any way by by busying themselves with this. and there are much more important and pressing matters

at hand. you know, we're just out of a very devastating storm, that there's huge challenges to my local ward and huge challenges across argyll and scotland. yet we're talking about this, and it shows that this particular scottish executive has lost the plot and frankly, needs to be punished at the next election. >> well, yes. sorry. >> well, yes. sorry. >> no, i was going to say, well, i found that number of apparently all the animals that we will be saving 700 million. >> it's a lie. >> this is rodents and birds. and frankly, we're overrun by mice and rats . and frankly, we're overrun by mice and rats. in and frankly, we're overrun by mice and rats . in london mice and rats. in london particularly. i'd happily have more cats to kill them, frankly. and squirrels. that'll get me. >> definitely. yes. and of course, the pigeon population needs to be controlled, and it's not. so there's a matter of natural selection. and this is nature taking its course. of course. why government would want to interfere is beyond me. and also why do they think it's. yeah, absolutely. and why do they think it's their business to tell pet owners what they can and can't have? it's utterly baffling, alison. >> it's also electoral suicide because i looked at the figures.

scotland's 22% of households in scotland's 22% of households in scotland have a cat. so that's how to alienate voters. that's 22% and say, right, i'm not voting snp. as if that's not another reason to vote for them. >> compulsory containment of cats in vulnerable areas and ministers should ask naturescot to commission a report into the advantages and disadvantages for wildlife of introducing cat containment. another report that the taxpayer will pay for. thank you so much. independent councillor alastair redman there for kintyre and the islands ward. >> he sounds very sensible, doesn't he? unlike the scottish government, which is ridiculous. >> now, did you see kanye west's wife bianca censori, get kicked out of the grammys for wearing, well, nothing? don't go anywhere. here's the weather. >> ooh. a chilly start will give way to a lovely warm afternoon. boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update from

the met office. looking ahead, it's going to be turning wet and windy in the north west, drier in the south—east but turning colder as we see higher pressure building. so it's been a cold start across the southeast, but a bright start here. across much of england and wales, though, it is going to be a largely dry day through monday. there'll be a few showers, maybe across the midlands and the southeast of england, but across northern ireland and western scotland increasingly unsettled, wet and windy , with heavy spells of rain windy, with heavy spells of rain but mild here. temperatures coming up around 10 or 11 degrees. so through the rest of monday evening, then that band of rain will continue to slowly edge its way in from the west, affecting much of scotland dunng affecting much of scotland during rush hour. so do take care if you are out and about. there'll be some strong winds and perhaps some surface water flooding across northern ireland. a cloudy picture here, with outbreaks of rain just edging in later on in the evening across much of england and wales, though, holding on to

generally cloudy skies and staying largely dry. so as we go through the rest of monday evening and overnight, heavy spells of rain persisting across northern ireland and much of scotland , slowly sinking its way scotland, slowly sinking its way south and eastwards and accompanied by some very strong winds towards the south of that, though largely dry across much of england and wales, and temperatures for all of us staying up above freezing. so a frost free start to tuesday, but a damp start, especially across northern parts of england and into wales with this band of rain slowly trying to sink its way south and eastwards. ahead of that, often dry and cloudy across much of south and eastern england, but behind across northern ireland and scotland. sunny spells frequent showers. turning colder here. some of the showers could turn a little bit wintry over the hills towards the south. highs of 10 or 11 degrees by. >> a nice bright morning will generate a lovely warm day right

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>> it is 11 am. on monday the 3rd of february. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so donald trump looks set to hit the eu with trade tariffs. but will he spare the uk? >> the european union is really out of line, uk is out of line, but i'm sure that would. i think that one can be worked out. but the european union is. it's an atrocity. >> the prime minister is in brussels today resetting relationship with the european union, attending talks about security and defence. and then he's off to an eu council dinner. he does enjoy this life. >> it certainly does. and we're going to be joined in the studio by a man who was misdiagnosed

with incurable motor neurone disease, and he then made plans to end his own life. don't miss it. >> a network rail has gone. woke. it's telling staff that pregnant women must be called pregnant women must be called pregnant people. >> and can you believe this? households in scotland to be banned from owning pet cats to protect native mammals and birds. apparently this is perplexing. >> and did you see? kanye west's wife, bianca censori. she got kicked out for wearing a naked dress at the grammys. taking inspiration from your red carpet style there in nothing but a see through body stocking. >> i never do. red carpet. >> i never do. red carpet. >> you never do. red carpet. but maybe you do see through body stockings. is that what you're saying? >> that's what basically. yeah. yeah, actually i've done i've done a few red carpets,

actually. >> you don't like all that, do you? >> not really. me? >> not really. me? >> no. and i have to say, i mean, i quite like a red carpet because obviously you're a girl. you like getting dressed up. it's all nice, isn't it? i can't lie. but the love fest of the grammys last night, you and i are both a bit. >> i don't know any of them are. i mean, i've heard of. i've heard of beyonce, but that's about it. and i've heard of kanye west. but i wouldn't know a piece of music. and i'd never heard of his wife, who's apparently an architect working for his footwear company. since when did you have to be an architect for a footwear company? they used to be called cobblers. and i'm not being rude. >> well, no more cobblers from us this morning between now and midday. but we'd love to hear from you. gbnews.com/yoursay. here's san francisco with your latest headlines. >> very good morning to you. a look at the top stories. making the news this hour donald trump says tariffs against the uk are now on the table, claiming britain is out of line after insisting similar measures targeting the european union are

definitely happening. but he suggests that the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has been very nice and believes a solution can be found. it comes as us tariffs on canada, mexico and china are set to kick in tomorrow. meanwhile, markets have tumbled as investors react to the weekend announcement and countries are planning countermeasures. well, here's what donald trump had to say about those tariffs. speaking last night. >> well definitely happened with the european union, i can tell you that because they've really taken advantage of us. and, you know, we have over a $300 billion deficit. they don't take our cars. they don't take our farm products. they take almost nothing. and we take everything from them. millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products. so the uk is way out of line and we'll we'll see the uk. but european union is really out of line. uk is out of line. but i'm sure that i think that one can be worked out. but

the european union is it's an atrocity. >> well, that threat comes ahead of sir keir starmer's trip to brussels today, joining european leaders for defence and security talks. he's meeting nato security general secretary—general, rather calling it part of a reset with the eu. the government insists the eu. the government insists the uk won't rejoin. the single market. it does want better cooperation on crime, on trade and defence after brussels prime minister sir keir starmer is set to visit the us in the coming weeks, ofsted has unveiled its new school inspection cards, set to launch in the autumn of this yean to launch in the autumn of this year, replacing single word grades with more detailed assessments. schools will be rated across areas like behaviour, leadership and safeguarding, with five new categories from causing concern to exemplary. ofsted says the changes will give parents more meaningful insights, but teaching unions are warning it could increase pressure on schools and worsen the teacher

recruitment crisis. the overhaul follows controversy after the death of the headteacher, ruth perry, which a coroner linked to an inspection at her school. thames water is heading to court today seeking approval for an emergency cash lifeline as it faces running out of money within weeks. lenders are offering up to £3 billion in short term loans to buy time for a major restructuring. failure to secure the deal could push the uk's biggest water company towards nationalisation, and cost taxpayers up to £2 billion each year. the company has already been heavily criticised for its poor performance and remains under pressure over soaring bills. spain's former football federation president is on trial today for sexual assault after kissing player jenni hermoso at the 2023 women's world cup. she says the kiss was not consensual and is currently testifying on day one of the trial in madrid. prosecutors are seeking a one year prison sentence for sexual

assault and an additional sentence for coercion, which luis rubiales denies. it follows protests, political backlash and his eventual resignation, and while beyonce has finally done it, she's gone and won best album at the grammy awards last night in la. after years of being snubbed. take a listen to how she summed up that special moment. >> i'd like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this. this album, we worked so hard on it. i think sometimes genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists, and i just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about. >> and while visibly moved, she dedicated the win to country pioneer linda martell, telling the crowd that she feels very full and honoured. it also makes beyonce the first black woman to take home the award since lauryn hill in 1999, and earlier in the night, kendrick lamar swept five

categories. that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you in around half an hour for another look at the top stories. now though, it's over to andrew and bev. >> welcome back. well, our next guest, peter sefton williams, heard when he heard he had an incurable motor neurone disease. he immediately made plans to end his life. >> but after some months and after some more tests, he was told he actually had multifocal motor neuropathy. neuropathy, a disease that mimics the symptoms of motor neurone disease and isn't terminal and is treatable. >> well, we're joined now by peter himself, former journalist and marketing manager. peter, your story is extraordinary, and it feels particularly pertinent at the moment with the assisted dying bill going through parliament. just just take us back to that initial diagnosis, if you would, and what your symptoms were and what the prognosis was. >> yes. my hand started to

tremble and fasciculations. i think the technical term. and i had muscle wasting and weakness in my hand. so i went to a gp who referred me to a very eminent harley street neurologist who did a whole barrage of tests over 3 or 4 weeks. and it was on the 29th of january. i was summoned in to be given the news that i had motor neurone disease. >> and you? peter, to interrupt you. you dreaded that that might be the diagnosis. yes, because you knew enough about it to know how. that's right. absolutely appalling. >> i thought it might be parkinson's or ms or something, but i thought, please don't let it be motor neurone. anyway. it was. and he said, although i'm going to write that it's suspected. in fact, i have to tell you, there is no doubt whatsoever that you have motor neurone disease and that you typically you can live between 1.5 and 4 or five years with it.

>> how old were you at that point, if you don't mind. >> me asking? 70. yeah, but it can come very quickly at the end.so can come very quickly at the end. so he said you should make no plans beyond six months. she said. so. but he sent me for a second opinion to a very eminent specialist in a london teaching hospital under the nhs this time, and he confirmed that that was indeed the diagnosis. >> and you did make plans, but you made plans to take control of your own death. >> i did. i was so panicked. really. i live alone and that the symptoms, as you know, you can't breathe and your muscle wastes and you can't speak, can't swallow. and i thought, i can't swallow. and i thought, i can't possibly manage this. so actually, the day after the diagnosis, on the 30th of january, i contacted dignitas because they said it would take six months to do the paperwork. so i thought, i have to do this

in a hurry anyway. the second, when the second diagnosis came, i had. by then the panic had subsided and i must say the nhs was very good. i had breathing specialists, swallowing specialists, swallowing specialists, a whole barrage of specialists, a whole barrage of specialists were assigned to me, and i was asked to take part in drug trials and so on. i also saw a palliative care specialist to talk about my end of life care. but then a funny thing happened. as spring turned into summer, i wasn't getting any worse and oddly enough, i was even getting slightly better. so they sent me for some more nerve conductivity tests, and the specialist then said, no, no, no, this is not motor neurone disease. >> was this i'm not going to name any specialists, but was this the same specialist you'd seen earlier? >> no. >> no. >> it's a completely different one. >> completely different. >> completely different. >> this is the third one. >> this is the third one. >> a third one. exactly a third

one. and he said no, you've got something called multifocal motor neuropathy, which i'd obviously never heard of. it's very rare. it it mimics the in the early stages of motor neurone disease. but it's a mild disease. nobody dies of it. and it's a largely curable. so i'm hoping in a few months to start treatment for that. >> what was that moment like emotionally for you because you'd signed up to dignitas, you'd signed up to dignitas, you'd done the research, but you'd done the research, but you'd also driven to beachy head, thinking that despite your faith that you had and it wasn't, it was such an awful decision, but you were thinking about taking your own life. i was circumstances. i was what was circumstances. i was what was that moment like when you realised. >> you would think i would be elated? in fact, i it's like i liken it to standing in front of a firing squad for nine months, and then somebody says, by the way, we're not going to shoot you. you wouldn't jump around with joy. and i didn't, and i'm

still i'm trying to mentally get over the trauma of it. if i'm frank. >> do you ever have a conversation with those initial doctors who got the diagnosis wrong? >> no. >> no. >> i wonder if they know. >> i wonder if they know. >> they do know. >> they do know. >> i do know that the initial doctor knows, because when i did a previous interview, i got an email from him personally to say, i hear the diagnosis has changed. no apology really. that's what he said. >> because of liability. and that's right. but peter, this could have been cataclysmic. you could have been cataclysmic. you could have been cataclysmic. you could have gone to switzerland. yes. and ended your life. or you could have taken the more extreme option. >> and two specialists, two very senior specialists, had said, i definitely had it. and i had, in the worst case, between 2 and 6 months to live. >> does this i mean, we, we still have, don't we, in this, this country, a reverence for the doctor and the assumption

that, as my mother used to say, doctors, not god, you know. >> no, no. >> no, no. >> and this is a problem, isn't it? >> it is, it in- >> it is, it is. in— >> it is, it is. i it? >> it is, it is. i think mps who are voting for this bill, they'll have to do it with their eyes wide open to the fact that mistakes will be made and people will die needlessly. and i could have been i could have opted for that course. and people would have said how, perhaps how brave i was and i didn't. have said how, perhaps how brave iwas and i didn't. i have said how, perhaps how brave i was and i didn't. i wished to die with dignity and all the rest of it. but in fact, the truth is, you know, i hope to have many, many more years left in me yet. >> and would your story have become public if it wasn't for this bill, or were you inspired to talk about it because of this? >> it was. and a friend said, but but you could easily be dead now. and if this bill had been passed, you, you, you and others like you could have died on the bafis like you could have died on the basis of an error. >> so are you wholeheartedly against assisted dying? >> no, i wouldn't say no. i

can't say that because when i had that diagnosis, i considered it myself. so it would be hypocritical of me to say i'm completely against it. i and what i would say to the mps who are considering it, don't look at the principle. we all understand the principle. if somebody is suffering, they want to be. they want their suffering to be. they want their suffering to end. and i was in that same position. but it's the problem when you get down to the detail as to how is it six months, is it nine months? do you actually have what you think you have? is two doctors enough? yeah. >> and clearly not in your case. >> and clearly not in your case. >> and clearly not in your case. >> and a judge as well has to get involved. >> and a judge. what would the judge say? >> and mistakes are made a lot. >> and mistakes are made a lot. >> mistakes are made a lot. yes. >> mistakes are made a lot. yes. >> i mean it's one of it's a different issue. but one of there was a poll last week which showed more people support the death penalty now, particularly younger people. but my problem has always been about the death penalty. they get it wrong.

>> and the principle is exactly the same here. exactly. a lot of people would say i support the death penalty in principle, but in practice there are too many mistakes made to wish to go ahead with it. and i felt that there's a very strong parallel with my this case that although i understand why people want to terminate their lives at the end, the practicalities of it are such that if you make a mistake, you can't rectify it. >> you. you are a roman catholic. i am, as am i. so when you were contemplating or you'd signed up for dignitas, that you're effectively committing yourself to what we would call a mortal sin. >> i was. >> i was. >> yeah. how troubled were you by the ethical side. >> of it? my panic and my fear was such that i thought i would just have to go ahead with it. >> and account for account to your maker on the other side. >> exactly. yeah, but. but then that it took about four weeks

for that terrible sense of panic to die down. and i realised the care i was getting, the end of life care was going to be quite comprehensive. and i thought, well, i shall just have to deal with this. >> and do you reconcile it now in a sense that, you know, we believe if you believe in fate or whether it's spirituality, that everything happens for a reason, that actually. >> well. >> well. >> have been handed. >> have been handed. >> yeah, that's. >> yeah, that's. >> a very important job now. >> a very important job now. >> that's a very good point. i don't want to sound kind of missionary about it. i'm really only here to tell my story. and people can make their own conclusion. >> but can i ask you a very private person? so you may not want to answer it. did you talk to your priest about what you were doing? >> i told my yes, several priests about my diagnosis. and did. >> you talk to them about dignitas and suicide? >> no, no, i kept that. that was entirely private. however, of course, i. i have shown various people they send you a document

and the date, the date on that document. so i have now shown it to people that they give you a kind of passport affair. >> yeah. well, it's an absolutely fascinating story and absolutely fascinating story and a really important story actually, i think, isn't it, to. >> i'm very glad you're still with us, peter. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so am i. »- >> so am i. >> many more years ahead of you, i hope. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> peter sefton williams. >> peter sefton williams. >> now we are giving you two chances to win in our latest great british giveaway. we've got two amazing prize bundles today. >> each bundle contains a brand new iphone £500 to spend in your favourite store, and £10,000 in tax free cash. >> it's nice, isn't it? well, do you fancy being one of those two winners? here's all the details you need. >> want to be one of two lucky great british giveaway winners? that's right. you could win one of two prize bundles, which includes a brand new iphone 16, £500 in shopping vouchers to spendin £500 in shopping vouchers to spend in your favourite store, and an incredible £10,000 in tax

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welcome back to britain's newsroom andrew and bev. and also former labour adviser matthew torbitt and former conservative mp steve baker. both of them are in the studio. let's talk about the fact that the snp are being advised, matt, to ban cats from living in people's houses in order to save birds, rice, rice mats, mice and rats. you know what i mean? >> who wants to save a rat? >> who wants to save a rat? >> well, clearly these wildlife enthusiasts. >> yeah. i will caveat, i get their point. do you understand? no, no, no. >> come on. matthew. >> come on. matthew. >> i understand animals, and it's all very nice and whatever else. we need some element of balance here, don't we? because it's a bit bonkers. >> no element of balance at all is required. and you know, in this discussion. >> there's very few sparrows left. do you remember how you used to see sparrows everywhere

growing up? you never see a sparrow anymore. sparrow anymore. >> sparrow anymore. >> i just think it's. cats are sods, right? they are sods. i grew up with cats, and they do tease the prey and whatever else. and you think, oh, you cruel get. but ultimately, i think with the animal world it's things become extinct. and it is a bit sad when they're a bit cute or whatever. i don't i won't say that for mice or rats, but you can't be having cats keeping them indoors as well because that's cruel. surely it is. it is having them indoors and. >> or taking them out on a lead. >> or taking them out on a lead. >> well, that that's different thing. is that one of the proposals? >> it is. oh well seriously. well so you're so you're balance and sympathy appears to be evaporating very fast. >> i just think it's nice if all animals could live forever. but ultimately, that's not the real world either, is it? >> so have you ever heard anything more ridiculous, steve? >> well, bearing in mind that only about 11% of the uk is built on, i think the range of domestic cats compared to the range of wildlife is probably quite small. so i'm very, very interested in what their evidence is for this apparently ridiculous policy.

>> scottish animal welfare commission, sorry to interrupt you and i'll just repeat this figure again. >> we've made it up. >> we've made it up. >> what was it? 70 million or 170 million. 700 million vermin are going to be saved by this. >> well, i do not welcome that at all, because let me tell you, we live on the edge of town, and we live on the edge of town, and we get a lot of field rats in around our property, which is a bloody nuisance. excuse me, nuisance. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and i just wish the many cats around us were a bit more vicious killers. >> because then she, rosie and minnie, my two. thank you. great predators. >> i'm happy to say, when it comes to evidence. >> well trained. >> well trained. >> around our house. >> around our house. >> we've got them. >> we've got them. >> we've got loads of cats. we've got loads of birds. yeah. lovely. yeah. and you know, it might well be that cats well fed don't kill so many birds. maybe just feed them more. >> but where have they got this figure from for 700 million? how can they possibly have measured? >> it's a guess to get. >> it's a guess to get. >> it's a guess to get. >> i think. i don't know how they measure this sort of stuff. the interesting one is the wild cats, because they have them up there more so than anywhere

else. and they say what's happening is the cats are competing for food basically with them. and that is leading to the wild cats dying out. interesting though. i checked the telegraph who ran the story. i checked their little poll, which isn't obviously scientific. third of people support the ban that voted on it. >> it's surprising. i've seen poll this morning. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this. >> this. >> could be a. >> could be a. >> whole dog. people hate cats. well. >> quite possibly. yeah. or there's some. maybe the animal welfare lobby has launched something. i don't know, but i thought that was very i was shocked me. >> actually, because. >> actually, because. >> but this is a thing in australia. in australia there are areas that promote a policy of containment, requiring owners to ensure that cats do not leave the property, either by keeping them indoors or taking them out on a leash. >> well, i'd be very interested to know what new zealand does because they have, like the kiwi, which is a ground bird which can't fly and they probably don't move very fast ehhen probably don't move very fast either. so i'd be very interested to know what new zealand does. but this is one of those policies. if you're going to have a policy based on the evidence of banning domestic cats, you better make sure you explain it correctly from the off and plainly they haven't. it's typical snp sheer authoritarianism. >> yeah.

>> yeah. >> steve laura muir is an mp as well. if there was one thing that would make your inbox bulge the animal rights stuff. yeah, they'll come for them. if this is. >> wrong, i'm all for treating. >> wrong, i'm all for treating. >> animals well. >> animals well. >> yes, but look. >> yes, but look. >> but there's and there's an estimate that in scotland, 22% of households have cats. so what sort of vote loser is this policy? >> well. >> well. >> good news. >> good news. >> for anas sarwar. >> for anas sarwar. >> it sounds like. >> it sounds like. >> i'm all for it. labour leader? yeah, yeah. >> very good. >> very good. >> for him. >> for him. >> i think we all need to remember that most of our country is countryside. >> and most. >> and most. >> of our country are cattle or animal lovers. >> at least they are. we are. >> at least they are. we are. >> right. let's move on to what's going on between america and canada. the tension between those two countries, which has been building, frankly, for the last 4 or 5 years, with trudeau being deeply unpopular with some americans. this is all ramping up. over the weekend, there were quite a few sports events. and let's have a look at this one. this was an nba game basketball game in toronto. and have a look what happened. >> oh. raisi candice holdsworth.

>> oh. raisi candice holdsworth. >> that's a 15 year old girl trying to sing the american national anthem. >> to be fair, they did cheer her when initially. i mean, i think i think goodness knows what was what it felt like for her. but terrible. but the story says that they were cheering before and after, so hopefully she understood that it wasn't her. but it's pretty serious, isn't it? when two nations that ought to be family are like. but it's very serious what trump's doing with tariffs, what he says he's trying to achieve with canada is to get them to do more police action to prevent fentanyl coming in, to prevent illegal migration. >> where is this fentanyl coming from? >> well, they say it's mexican drug labs in canada. >> right. and it's coming in illegally. >> that's what he said. well, fentanyl. sure. yeah. but yeah. so it's that's what he says in his white house press release that the problem is fentanyl and people coming illegally across the canadian border. so he wants more enforcement. but trump's a really brutal power politician. he wants transactions. now, on the one hand, always unwise to

take things in politics at face value. but it might well be that if the canadians sort out the policing of fentanyl and people that trump will bank the win and ease off. and it's very interesting to watch. for example, mark carney, i'm enjoying his leadership campaign very, very much. >> former governor of the bank of england wants to be the next canadian prime minister. >> sorry, mark, but for those people who thought mark carney wasn't a career politician, it's amazing how. >> quickly he's acclimatised. >> quickly he's acclimatised. >> to running for the. >> to running for the. >> leadership of. >> leadership of. >> his country. right, right, absolutely. >> i believe is the favourite. >> i believe is the favourite. >> which shocked me. >> which shocked me. >> because the conservatives are on the ascendancy there. pierre poilievre has got the right idea about building houses and tackling the sort of gen z youth of youth voter, people that feel disillusioned. so what are the liberal party in canada going to do? they're going to elect a liberal, metropolitan elite type who has got all sorts of stuff in. >> our economy. >> our economy. >> whose record is governor of the bank of england was not great. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> i find it bizarre. >> i find it bizarre. >> i find it bizarre. >> i think he was very lucky, actually, as governor of the bank of england, he came in with an absolutely terrific

reputation, putting in place a bunch of institutions and then managed to get out before the inflation came in. that was fairly inevitable. after all the qe. >> did he not back rachel reeves budget as well? >> he did. he backed rachel reeves. great stuff, you know. >> right. let's talk about the fact that also 10 million pensioners here in the uk will be paying income tax by 2032. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> this is horrific. >> this is horrific. >> well they've had a good run aren't they. >> i think. >> i think. >> so speak to the labour party. >> so speak to the labour party. >> no. >> no. >> absolutely no. and what i will concede and i will always call out the party when i think they're wrong on things like the winter fuel. i thought it was politically stupid and morally cruel. and i still think they should be rowing back on this sort of stuff. however, we have a very generous state pension, which in part was the conservatives triple lock and the state pension since 2010, when it came in, has gone up by 40 to 50%, which is great because we need older people to have dignity. towards the end of their lives were looked after and all the rest of it. real wages in real terms have basically gone up by zero. and thatis basically gone up by zero. and that is it cannot go on

basically. and i think there needs to be, if you end up doing so well that you end up going into quite a generous tax bracket as well over previous governments, so be it. and this isn't anything new. we had 61% of pensioners paying tax previously on the state pension is going to go up to 76. but i don't think they're going to be hard done by if they're earning that much off the state pension personally. >> well, this is also presumably about returns on investments for pensioners who've saved and might have stocks and shares in a private pension. >> well, yes. if they have got an income that takes them above the thresholds from their well then they'll pay income tax. but this is about the state pension going above the 12,500 pound a year tax free allowance that we put in. so here's the irony. we put in. so here's the irony. we put in. so here's the irony. we put in a very large 12,500 pounds a year tax free on your income tax. that is historically a very large allowance. but the triple lock, of course, always takes the highest of the three measures, so it's wildly unaffordable. i'm so sorry, folks, but pensions in this country are wildly unaffordable.

we've got trillions of pounds of unfunded liabilities on the state pension and trillions of pounds on public sector pensions, and they are going to bankrupt this country in our lifetimes. and if we can't at least admit that with the triple lock and a 12,500 pounds a year tax free allowance, pensioners are going to have to pay. >> no tax. >> no tax. >> but neither labour or the tories are willing to have that conversation. >> and that's that's one of the reasons why it's so frightening to actually look at the unfunded pension liabilities we have. when you look at the obr's own figures in our lifetimes, the debt just runs away and revenues are stagnant and declining, and it means this country is going to go bankrupt over pensions in our lifetime, unless one or both of the two parties decide they're going to be honest with they're going to be honest with the public and balance the books, and people will be screaming at the telly, why didn't you do something as a member of parliament? in my own name, i did tell the newspapers the triple lock would have to end. >> okay. right. we've run out of

time, fellas. thank you so much, matthew and steve. sam francis is waiting with your news headlines. here he is. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. 1132 exactly. donald trump says tariffs against the uk are now on the table, claiming britain is out of line after insisting similar measures targeting the eu are definitely happening. but he suggests the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has been very nice and believes a solution can be found. it comes as us tariffs on canada, mexico and china are set to kick in tomorrow. meanwhile, markets across the globe have tumbled as investors react to the weekend's announcement and countries start to plan countermeasures. well, that threat from the us president comes ahead of sir keir starmer's trip to brussels today, joining european leaders for defence and security talks. he's the first british prime minister to do so since brexit. he's meeting nato secretary—general, calling it part of a reset with the eu. the

government, though, insists the uk won't be rejoining the single market but does want better cooperation on crime, on trade and defence after brussels. sir keir starmer is set to visit the us in the coming weeks. ofsted has unveiled its new school inspection report card, set to launch in the autumn of this yeah launch in the autumn of this year. they replace single word grades with detailed assessments. schools will now be rated across areas like behaviour, leadership and safeguarding, with five new categories from causing concern to exemplary. ofsted says the changes will give patients parents rather more meaningful insights, but teaching unions are warning it could increase pressure on schools and worsen the teacher recruitment crisis. former soldier daniel kelly fears being sentenced today for prison escape and for spying for iran. he fled wandsworth prison by clinging to the underside of a food delivery lorry in 2023. he was caught days later,

though, on a canal towpath, and found guilty in november of breaching the official secrets act and the terrorism act. he passed information to iranian agents for cash, and pledged to stay in the military for decades to help them. the judge will deliver sentencing remarks after final submissions are made this morning. and spain's former football federation president is on trial today for sexual assault after kissing player jenni hermoso at the women's world cup in 2023. she says the kiss was not consensual and is currently testifying on day one of the trial in madrid. prosecutors say they are seeking a one year prison sentence for sexual assault, and an additional sentence for coercion, which luis rubiales has denied. it follows protests, political backlash and his eventual resignation. those are the latest headlines. i'll be back with you at midday. up next, though, it's back to andrew and bev. >> 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. >> emily and tom are here with us. we're just hearing a little bit about tom's history. family history. you've got a family crest, tom. >> oh, no. »- >> oh, no. >> this is this is not an appropriate posh boy. oh, no, i love that. i was up i was up seeing some family this weekend, and we did some family history digging. >> i can't believe it. i thought. >> he was a right chap. yeah. >> he was a right chap. yeah. >> you can be both, though. emily. >> let me tell you. >> let me tell you. >> goodness me. >> goodness me. >> but we're gonna have. we're gonna have our beady little eyes on keir starmer in brussels. what exactly is he doing there? >> the timing. >> the timing. >> of this, the timing of this just seems appalling. >> the optics couldn't. >> the optics couldn't. >> be worse. is he trying to appeal to here? it looks like olaf scholz is the man he's trying to appeal to. >> fifth meeting with him yesterday since he's. >> been prime. and schulz going to be out on his bottom.

>> 18 days until the german election. >> and he's out. >> and he's out. >> he's in third place in the polls. >> he's going to be humiliated. >> he's going to be humiliated. >> why is so much political capital being invested in yesterday's met? >> it's incredible. germany's chancellor. >> but the peculiar thing here is we all heard donald trump on the tarmac just before he. stepped onto air force one overnight, saying europe is definitely going to be slapped by tariffs, probably 25%. and britain, oh, maybe. maybe not. we're on the precipice here. why are. >> our why is the foreign. >> our why is the foreign. >> office and the prime minister jumping into bed with the lot that are definitely going to get tariffs? >> i quite agree. >> i quite agree. >> it'sjust >> i quite agree. >> it's just a nightmare, isn't it? >> political timing. >> political timing. >> it's just a >> political timing. >> it'sjust a nightmare. >> it's just a nightmare. i that's his choice. that's what he's chosen to do. will there be any benefit for us at all? he'll say it's all about security and defence. and you know nothing about customs union, nothing about customs union, nothing about single market, nothing about single market, nothing about donald trump. >> what about. >> what about. >> free movement of people from 18 to. >> 30. year olds? >> 30. year olds? >> that's going to happen for sure, don't you? i do. he's going to have to put something

across if he wants. >> something from. >> something from. >> the european union. >> the european union. >> and you've got macron humiliating him by describing him in public as the supplicant. our prime minister, the supplicant. how embarrassing. >> saying that the very fact that he's there in brussels at this council meeting shows that brexit has been a failure, is an admittance of failure. i'm sorry, but that is terrible. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's so. »- >> it's so. >> terrible for us. it's embarrassing. >> and this is coming from countries i mean, france. blimey, it's grown by less. if you look, if you look at growth since 2016, france lower than the uk, germany lower than. >> they're. in recession. >> they're. in recession. >> italy lower than the uk. germany's been in the recession for the best part of two years. has france had its government collapse? i mean, why are these people lecturing? >> i don't want brexit either. yes. please give. >> me something. >> me something. >> well, he tried his best to stop it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> with the second referendum. >> with the second referendum. >> well, exactly. we all remember that. >> it's not just that. obviously. yesterday we saw some breaking news out of this new book looking at keir starmer. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> his vocal coach visiting keir starmer during tier four

lockdown the 24th of december 2020. why was an actress and vocal coach visiting the leader of the opposition not a recognised? worker? >> well, it was awesome. that's why it was also a waste of time. >> exactly what the restrictions were at that time. >> emily, very nice to see that we've coordinated our colour as well. that's a coincidence. well, somebody that didn't wear any colour overnight. kanye west's wife, bianca censori at the grammys. they weren't even invited. you can't knock that. >> oh, really? they weren't invited. >> they arrived on the red carpet. obviously, we've pixilated her naked body. i think she had a body stocking on. anyway, we're going to talking about that. who actually won

it is officially awards season. who cares? the 67th grammys taking place in la overnight.

andrew, got some questions for. >> you know right. >> you know right. >> who won the best new artist prize. was it benson boone lovable leftie or chapel . rowan? lovable leftie or chapel. rowan? >> benson. boone. >> benson. boone. >> no. chapel. rowan. >> no. chapel. rowan. >> never heard of any. >> never heard of any. >> of them. which album won album of the year was it? biscuit babes, cowboy carter or short and sweet? >> if it was sung by beyonce, whichever one was beyonce. >> well done cowboy. cowboy. carter. yes, it was right. who hosted the show? was it trevor noah, alicia keys or bradley walsh? bradley walsh. >> bradley . >> bradley. >> bradley. >> walsh obviously it was trevor noah. i was going. >> to guess. trevor. trevor. noah. >> yeah, i. >> yeah, i. >> don't know. and in total, how many awards were handed out last night. was it 36, 12 or 94. >> too many. so let's go for 94. >> yeah. you're just sitting through 94 of awards at such a terrible. >> and they all make speeches.

that's the trouble now. >> yeah. well honestly i think there's room for improvement there. andrew. let's not forget there. andrew. let's not forget the best and worst dressed with kanye west's better half causing a stir with her nude look. there she is. we have pixelated her. her name is bianca censori and we've censored her necessarily. >> she's got two degrees, you know. she is a clever woman. what's clever about that? >> well, quite so. they're a very strange relationship. those two. she never has any clothes on. every time they go out. to be honest, the papers have to pixilate her boobs. >> it does feel coercive. >> it does feel coercive. >> yeah, well, we're joined now by entertainment broadcaster sarah—louise robertson. good morning, sarah louise. so what do you make of what do you make of that relationship between kanye west and bianca censori? it's very odd. >> it is very strange indeed. but it keeps us. it keeps us showbiz reporters very entertained. and she was right. it does smack a little bit of coerciveness, doesn't it? we've seen this before. kanye is very famous for wanting to dress his girlfriends and wives. he did the same when he was married to kim kardashian. i don't know if you can remember, but kim had this absolute fashion overhaul

when she was married to him and he started dictating what she could and could not wear. and it seems in his new wife, bianca censon, seems in his new wife, bianca censori, who is literally a kim kardashian clone, she is like a sort of younger version of kim kim 2.0, shall we say. she's exactly the same. she's been told what to wear or in this case, what not to wear, which is nothing at all. it is absolutely disgraceful. i mean, if you wanted further sign that the music industry seems to be sort of imploding and sliding further into degeneracy, i think we saw it last night, but quite rightly, they were kicked out of the ceremony. kanye was actually nominated for a song. it ended up going, i think chris brown tookitin up going, i think chris brown took it in the end, but he knew he wasn't going to get it anyway. but when they saw those anfics anyway. but when they saw those antics on the red carpet, organisers said they had to leave. but i don't did stand. how she wasn't arrested. >> but sarah, i heard that even though he was nominated for an award, they weren't welcome at the event in the first place. kanye west he's isolated himself from a lot of the showbiz world

because of some of the controversial things that he's said. >> yes. that's correct. yes. well, i think people saying no to kanye just just goes over his head, doesn't it? he doesn't. he doesn't hear the word no. he goes where he wants to go. so he knew he was going to get all the camera clicks and the flashlights and be the talking point of the show, and that's exactly why he did it. it was a stupid, pathetic, puerile stunt, but it got him what he what he wanted, which has dominated the headlines. and it's sort of taken away a little bit from beyonce's amazing wins last night. now, this is very interesting just to just just to interrupt. >> you, sarah louise, sorry, just to interrupt. you were on kanye. we just want to show you he's actually responded. i'm sorry, but he's responded on twitter this morning. this is what he said. oh, that's the picture. okay. oh, that is his response. okay. well who's terrible? >> whose teeth are they? >> whose teeth are they? >> yes. his his his his response is just to post all the naked photographs. i'm surprised ellen's not took them off. maybe that's what ellen will do, but he's obviously wanting to get her out. now, there's been a

little controversy, a bit of tension between kanye west and jay—z over the years, jay—z being the husband of beyonce. last night we saw with beyonce's big, big night, she finally got the grammy for album of the year and for country album of the yeah and for country album of the year. but kanye doing that took a little bit of the gloss away and a little bit of the limelight away, because all eyes are on him and his wife, bianca censori. so there's a little bit of game playing going on there between the scenes, i think from from kanye west. there's more to it than just that. >> so there's beyonce. we're watching. >> her looking startled that she won. doesn't she win every year? >> no, she's never won. >> no, she's never won. >> she's no. >> she's no. >> she's no. >> she hasn't. >> she hasn't. >> won this scandal. yes. she the whole uproar was last year at last year's grammys. andrew jay—z had a temper tantrum and said why haven't the grammys given his wife the award for album of the year? she's had every award apart from from album of the year, and it's something that beyonce has been overlooked since she started her

career more than two decades ago. she swapped genres of music and went from pop to country, earning her album of the year and also country album of the yeah and also country album of the year, which she was presented to, presented by taylor swift and taylor swift. ironically had seen what had been stealing pop album of the year many, many years ago from beyonce when she had swapped from country to pop. so it was like a role reversal, like they'd come full circle, the two ladies. and there was this moment on stage where beyonce didn't know whether to hug taylor. in the end she did. and it was nice between the two ladies, and it was almost like taylor was saying, i'm giving you your award back. that some might have thought she'd taken all those years ago. >> sarah—louise robertson, thank you so much for giving andrew pierce such an education on the world of showbiz and music. now up next, find out why the woke, find out the woke reason why the words passenger, workmanship, pregnant women and lads are now frowned upon by network rail. but first, some winter sun

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>> welcome back to britain's newsroom on are you busy? >> i'm trying to find the ludicrous words that network. yeah we're banning. >> well you have a look for that because that is a brilliant story. but we're going to tell you about our poll of the day today. we're asking, does britain risk being dragged into us trade, tariffs war if we get too close to the eu we're going too close to the eu we're going to be bringing you the live results throughout the day. so make sure to stay tuned. the final result will be announced in martin daubney show later for all of our polls, news and how to vote, go to the fastest growing news website in america. gb news. com forward slash poll. >> and that's true. it is. it's growing really fast now. network rail is a ludicrous organisation. they are responsible for the trains. so the infrastructure effectively. tracks the tracks. so they've they're telling their staff they've gone completely woke gender specific language. so you're not a mother or father anymore. you're a parent, pregnant person. mankind goes

people workmanship. that's male. so that becomes quality of work, manpower, lads, men out, people normal neurotypical. who's going to use that word? who is going to use that word? who is going to use that word? who is going to use the word neurotypical? >> if you have children at school now, you're described as the child is described as neurotypical or neurodiverse. you're kidding. no i'm not. so the kids with learning needs are neurodiverse. >> when we were kids, they were special. >> well, they still have some. they, you might say, speak for yourself. they might say that yourself. they might say that you have some special educational needs that might still be used, but it was about it's really manipulative. this because it says, oh, we've got to go. and i nearly. >> got to the point. >> got to the point. >> sorry, we might revisit this tomorrow. >> we're definitely going to. you also can't use the expression kristian niemietz. why? because it might offend the muslims. no it won't, it won't. >> you can't say christian name and you can't say happy

christmas on the tannoy just in case people don't celebrate christmas, they won't. >> be offended. >> be offended. >> thank god gb news is here to keep you sane. that's all i will say. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> and a very happy christmas to you, bev and andrew. but today on good afternoon britain, we're going to be looking well. we've got a man on downing street asking number 10 exactly what was keir starmer up to with that vocal coach slash actress ? in vocal coach slash actress? in the winter of 2020 amid lockdown restrictions? >> yeah, it's not looking good. we're also going to have our eyes on brussels. why on earth is keir starmer over there with failing eu leaders? while donald trump is threatening tariffs on the bloc? all of that to come. >> heavy showers first thing will be followed by a warm, cosy day. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning and welcome to your gb news. weather update from the met office. looking ahead, it's going to be turning

wet and windy in the northwest, dner wet and windy in the northwest, drier in the southeast but turning colder as we see higher pressure building. so it's been a cold start across the southeast, but a bright start here. across much of england and wales, though, it is going to be a largely dry day through monday. there'll be a few showers, maybe across the midlands and the southeast of england, but across northern ireland and western scotland increasingly unsettled, wet and windy, with heavy spells of rain but mild here. temperatures coming up around 10 or 11 degrees. so through the rest of monday evening, then that band of rain will continue to slowly edge its way in from the west, affecting much of scotland dunng affecting much of scotland during rush hour. so do take care if you are out and about. there'll be some strong winds and perhaps some surface water flooding across northern ireland. a cloudy picture here , ireland. a cloudy picture here, with outbreaks of rain just edging in later on in the evening across much of england and wales, though, holding on to generally cloudy skies and staying largely dry. so as we go

through the rest of monday evening and overnight, heavy spells of rain persisting across northern ireland and much of scotland, slowly sinking its way south and eastwards and accompanied by some very strong winds towards the south of that. though largely dry across much of england and wales, and temperatures for all of us staying up above freezing. so a frost free start to tuesday, but a damp start, especially across northern parts of england and then into wales with this band of rain slowly trying to sink its way south and eastwards. ahead of that, often dry and cloudy across much of south and eastern england, but behind across northern ireland and scotland. sunny spells frequent showers. turning colder here. some of the showers could turn a little bit wintry over the hills towards the south. highs of 10 or 11 degrees by. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right through to the rest of the boxt

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>> well. >> well. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on monday the 3rd of february. i'm tom harwood. >> and i'm emily carver. >> and i'm emily carver. >> the prime minister is in brussels for the first european council meeting, including a british prime minister since brexit. but at a time trump is looking to bash brussels. is this the brightest place for the prime minister to be? >> good question. and the us president, donald trump. well, he looks set to hit the eu with trade tariffs. but could the uk be spared? >> the european union is really out of line. the uk is out of line, but i'm sure that one. i think that one can be worked out. but the european union is it's an. >> and it's been reported that keir starmer met with his vocal

coach, an actress, at the height of