the king getting too involved is the king getting too involved in politics.7 >> another headache for the prime minister. labour has suspended 11 councillors over this alleged misogynistic, anti—semitic and homophobic remarks made in this whatsapp group over many years. >> britain's biggest retailers warn nearly 300,000 jobs could be lost over the next three years unless the government takes action now, as economists fear the chancellor may have no choice but to raise taxes. >> big decisions for the church of england. abuse victims have hit out as the general synod votes to delay fully independent safeguarding. >> as president trump and elon musk set up the new department of government efficiency in order to slash spiralling costs, we're asking should the uk do the same.7 >> it's not draconian or radical. i think it's really just saying let's look at each each of these expenditures and

say, is this actually in the best interest of the people? and if it is, it's approved. if it's not, we should think about it. >> crying out for more tourists will be talking to the blackpool mp, who is seeking to relocate asylum seekers from local hotels to free up space for desperately needed visitors. >> and royal commentator and friend of the show, katie nicholl, joins us to chat about her recent battle with liver cancer and her new campaign to raise awareness and encourage others to seek help as early as possible. >> and in the sport this morning, will manchester city blow it late again, conceding twice in the last four minutes to lose to real madrid at the etihad? so nearly an ea to lose to real madrid at the etihad? so nearly an fa cup devon double as exeterjust lose out to nottingham forest on penalties. and in rugby, wales coach warren gatland has fallen on his sword. >> hello. good morning. another cloudy and chilly day ahead.

also some drizzle at times but there will be some sunshine to find out where. stay tuned and i'll be here with all the details. >> a very good morning to you wherever you're watching and listening to us on this wednesday morning. this is gb news breakfast and i'm eamonn holmes. >> and i'm ellie costello. now it's valentine's day on friday. i hope you have lots of plans. >> both of you. oh, yes. >> both of you. oh, yes. >> were you even aware it was valentine's day? >> yes. >> yes. >> i'm glad i'm here. >> i'm glad i'm here. >> to say. >> to say. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> anyway, there's a story in the daily mail this morning about the best cars to pick up your date in. >> to impress her. right. >> to impress her. right. >> and coming in bottom. maybe we should start. there is the white van. >> right. okay. >> right. okay. >> it's the least. >> it's the least. >> it's the least. >> i used to see. unlike eamonn, my dad had a van, and i used to love going in the van. you used to love the van, didn't you? yeah. love the van. >> our van was called the magic

carpet. >> was it really? >> was it really? >> yes. it had. it had a sultan or whatever on the side on a magic carpet. and the magic carpet was flying. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so it was the magic carpet. >> so it was the magic carpet. >> my dad was. >> my dad was. >> because it was a carpet van. >> because it was a carpet van. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> well, they're always carpets in the back. >> that's why it was a carpet van. >> yeah. yeah. carpet. >> yeah. yeah. carpet. >> it didn't really fly. it was. it was. a ali baba was his father. and he used to fly around around the country. and it was. but the thing. my dad had a blue van. but the thing is, white vans. why are they always. why are they cheaper? because they're white. why are they never coloured? >> yeah. i wonder, does this affect your insurance? >> i don't know, maybe. maybe it is. >> be a nightmare to keep clean. >> be a nightmare to keep clean. >> but those great big white range rovers, they're the ones i can't stand. they look like big washing machines, don't they? >> and range rovers. >> and range rovers. >> yeah. those great big, the big white ambulances. their big huge thing. but they do. they look like big washing machines. >> i just wouldn't buy a white car. yeah. keep it clean. >> would you not. no i've had i've had two white cars. i had a bmw white and i had a mercedes

white car. yeah. >> and was it a nightmare to keep clean? >> no. >> no. >> that's a black car. >> that's a black car. >> it's harder to keep. >> it's harder to keep. >> clean, do you think? >> clean, do you think? >> yeah. >> yeah. that's >> yeah. that's true. >> yeah. that's true. >> i have a black car, and i barely ever clean. >> it's very bad. i have a black car. now. >> i know you've got a very nice car. >> yeah, but it's harder to keep a dark car clean than a bright car. >> that's so interesting. i think white would be bad. >> well, it's awful. colour i had was green. >> and a green car. >> and a green car. >> like kermit the frog. >> like kermit the frog. >> green? like this kind of green. >> oh, really? >> oh, really? >> yeah. like that car? green? yeah. >> just about to go. what a horrible green. oh, like your tie. oh, that looks. looks good on you, though. right now. >> the white van is the least sexiest. >> because, okay. >> because, okay. >> a smart car, which i do understand. tesla is apparently one of the most popular. >> really? >> really? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i understand that, actually. yeah. my taxi this morning was tesla. i was like, this is quite nice. >> yeah. okay. they're the ones that drive themselves, right? well, they're supposed to. >> not in this country yet. >> not in this country yet. >> right. okay, fine. >> right. okay, fine. >> some places in los angeles. so there you go. if you want to

pick up your date on friday, get yourself a tesla. >> now, let's get to the news at the time, at 6:05. palestinian migrants have been granted the right to live in britain after applying through a scheme which was meant for ukrainian refugees. >> yes, a family of six were allowed to join their brother in britain after an immigration judge ruled that the home office rejection of their application breached their human rights. >> now, lawyers have warned the home office that this could open the floodgates to the admission of all those in any conflict zone with any family in britain. >> well, joining us now in the studio is political adviser james price. good to see you this morning, james. and what do you make of this decision? >> good morning. well, there's a lot going on here. i think there's a lot of problems that it reveals about the state of the british state. you know, we don't have the kind of separation of powers like they have in the united states of america, between the executive branch of the president and the judicial branch of congress, and the legislative branch and the judicial branch of the judges. parliament is sovereign here. parliament is sovereign here. parliament is sovereign here. parliament is supreme, and parliament is supreme, and parliament makes the laws. it should be able to do whatever it

wants, basically. and yet you have a case here where increasingly activist judges are deciding to make law based not on what the sovereign british parliament and, by extension, the will of the british people are saying. but based on what international treaties, international treaties, international obligations people have heard about the echr, the european commission on human rights, convention on human rights, convention on human rights and all these sorts of things. and i think this is very dangerous because you don't. therefore, if you're a judge, have to take into account all the wider effects of what will actually happen in the country with these rulings, the way that a politician does. and we'll see that if this case grows. >> and we've heard from chris philp on this, haven't you said this is alarming and a dangerous judgement as well because it is a basis, isn't it, for anyone in any conflict zone throughout the world who has a connection to the uk to settle here? >> yeah, and maybe not even necessarily that strong of a connection. if you're coming in on a scheme meant for ukraine and yet you've not been to ukraine and it's just another conflict somewhere else, there's still quite a lot of conflicts going on in the world, you know, are we saying that we should be

able to we should be forced to let absolutely everybody in, even if every single person fleeing war zones was shakespeare himself. where are you going to have the hospital places, the school places, the housing? we've got a housing crisis already, and we're having many more people legally as well as illegally, enter the country as illegally, enter the country a year than were building houses or school places. it can't be done. and this, of course, is on top of the fact that this is a it's a nasty, unpleasant conflict. but the next door neighbours to gaza, egypt, jordan, these places, they're not taking refugees in. and those are places where you would think that palestinians would be better able to integrate and settle and things like that than the uk. it's a really, really worrying precedent, both for what the power of judges think they have now, and also for the kind of economic effects that it will have and the cultural effects, increasingly, of mass migration in this country. >> well, the court was told this is what the judge >> well, the court was told this is what t