tv State of the Nation GB News February 28, 2025 1:00am-2:01am GMT
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almost like david lammy, >> almost like david lammy, doesn't have any principles, isn't it.7 but in other news, isn�*t it? but in other news, revealed a top immigration judge, shock horror wrote for a pro open borders website they're not biased in the judiciary. in other news though, can you guess what this guy was hiding under his wig? on my panel tonight is ex tory mp anna firth, conservative peer lord bailey and former labour advisor matthew lazar. oh, and can you tell me what this protest got really, really wrong? >> oh come on. >> oh come on. >> yeah. get ready britain, here we go. find out why today is the worst ever day for illegal immigration. stay tuned.
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>> good evening. it�*s just gone 10:00. these are your headlines from the bbc newsroom. donald trump has said he�*s hopeful for trump has said he's hopeful for a ukraine peace deal and a uk trade deal, after talks with sir keir starmer at the white house. dufing keir starmer at the white house. during a news conference this evening, the us president called sir keir starmer a tough negotiator before nodding to the special relationship between the two countries. mr trump added that the meetings between him and mr starmer were productive while on peace in ukraine. he said it will be fairly soon or it won�*t be at all. meanwhile, starmer thanked the us president for his commitment to achieving peace in ukraine and said the uk us relationship matters more than ever. earlier, donald trump said he will visit the uk in the near future after receiving an historic invitation from the king. sir keir starmer handed the us president a letter from the us president a letter from the monarch in the oval office.
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backin the monarch in the oval office. back in the uk, reform uk have revealed an olympic gold medallist will run as a mayoral candidate. nigel farage has tonight announced that olympic boxer luke campbell will be reform's candidate to become the reform�*s candidate to become the first elected mayor for hull and east yorkshire. the reform uk leader made the announcement at the party's regional conference this evening, saying he's a knockout candidate. elsewhere, the bbc has apologised for serious flaws in the making of a gaza documentary starring a hamas chief's son. the broadcaster said it has no plans to broadcast gaza how to survive a war zone again in its current form, or return it to iplayer. the bbc director—general has asked for an independent review into the making of the documentary to be accelerated. the broadcaster has also said bbc chief content officer charlotte moore, is to leave the corporation later this year. andrew tate and his brother
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tristan have arrived in florida after romania lifted their travel ban. the controversial brothers also said some of their seized assets have been returned to them by romanian authorities, including properties and vehicles. the controversial influencer and his sibling are facing a series of criminal charges in the country, which they both strongly deny. speaking outside the us airport, andrew tate said he and his brother are largely misunderstood and gene hackman's daughter elizabeth thinks her father and his wife died from carbon monoxide poisoning. the hollywood actor was found dead alongside his wife betsy arakawa, and their dog at their home. the sheriff's office said the deaths were suspicious enoughin the deaths were suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation. those are the latest dup news headlines. now it's back to patrick. >> for the very latest gb news direct your smartphone. sign up
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to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/advent. >> humza yousaf. >> humza yousaf. >> good evening. yesterday, i revealed the allegation that duty solicitors were pressuring people arrested around the time of the southport massacre to plead guilty and they used scare tactics to do so. well, today i can reveal that an immigration judge responsible for some bonkers rulings has written for a pro open borders website and used to work as an immigration caseworker helping people stay in britain. sarah pinder wrote for the website free movement. now the clue is in the name there. it offers refugee law starter packs and even did some valentine's day activities for refugees, which is all very touching and in no way deeply weird. pinder specialises in immigration and family law and spent six years, apparently in
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the not for profit sector, as a specialist immigration caseworker. i accept thatjudges specialise in certain areas, but i would argue that there could be a political or ideological bias there, which she will no doubt deny. and if that�*s the doubt deny. and if that's the case, then she she should never have been allowed to become an immigration judge. of course, this is the judge who allowed a zimbabwean paedophile to stay in britain because he might face persecution in his home country due to his horrific past. she was also one of two judges to declare that a sudanese asylum seeker was a child, despite the home office saying that he was at least 23, had a receding hairline, a thick beard, wrinkles and crow's feet. i think every single immigration judge needs to be investigated now to check for any potential conflict of interest. the sarah pinder revelations came on the same day that more devastating
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immigration figures were revealed. so these are startling. number one, in britain, there are 40 nationalities who claim benefits at a higher rate than brits. people from the congo, iraq, afghanistan, eritrea, syria and obviously somalia. it costs you about £8 billion a year. number two, the home office awarded 850,000 long term visas last yeah 850,000 long term visas last year. the top countries were india, china, pakistan and nigeria. number three a record number of british passports were awarded last year to non—british citizens, indians and pakistanis. top the list. number four a record number of people claimed asylum in britain last year 108,000 people. the same number, apparently as the population of salford in manchester. there were just 8200 enforced returns and that's not a surprise, is it? that small number of people that we can
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actually deport, because we�*ve gotjudges like sarah pinder presiding over the cases? let�*s get thoughts of my panel this evening. former conservative mp anna firth, tory peer lord anna firth, tow peer lord bailey and ex—labour party adviser matthew lazar. and first things first, then that judge things first, then thatjudge that passed there writing for what is a, i would argue, quite fanatical, open border obsessed website, doing so pretty regularly, actually. and previously working as an immigration caseworker pro bono, from what we can gather. so essentially going out of her way to if all of that is accurate for free help people stay in britain is now a judge deciding who can stay in britain, making some bonkers rulings. >> yeah, well, there's a few >> yeah, well, there�*s a few things to say about this, patrick. she did start off as a caseworker, but fair dues to her in terms of her professional qualification. she did become a barrister at goldsmith chambers, but she's got this completely wrong. this is this is all about justice having to be seen to be
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done as well as done. and that is why judges have to be seen to be politically impartial. you know, it's part of the whole the whole training. it's what we expect from our judiciaw. whole training. it's what we expect from ourjudiciaw. and expect from our judiciary. and she is getting this completely wrong. i would say she�*s getting wrong. i would say she's getting it so wrong that i would actually expect the lord chancellor to be doing something about it. it's not. >> d0 about it. it's not. >> do you think it should be? >> do you think it should be? >> what what's. >> what what�*s. >> what what�*s. >> what's the phrase disbarred? is that right? or is it as. >> a judge? the interesting thing is that the lord chancellor said that. shabana mahmood. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> has the power to remove or suspend certain judges. not all judges, but district judges and county court judges and county courtjudges and immigration tribunal judges. but. and here�*s the rub. i mean, not that she'd do it anyway, because, of course, you know, her view is that fine, let evewbody in. but she would have to get the consent of the lord chief justice, who has been chiefjustice, who has been remanding keir starmer lately. so that wouldn't be forthcoming.
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>> matthew, you were shaking your head there. i mean, hey, look, i think there is a. >> i was half agreeing with anna. >> there's a compelling case to say that there is a decent amount of anecdotal evidence, at least, that would indicate that it does want to let everyone in. it does want to let evewone in. >> oh, yes, i think it probably does. i'm not sure that i�*m not does. i'm not sure that i'm not sure shabana mahmood doesn't. and therefore i think the government might act on this because one of the big problems, as we discussed last week on this sofa, is that the issue is, is that whatever the rules are, the judges are interpreting them in such a way that it just it in such a way that itjust it just seems plain daft. one of my friends is an immigration tribunal judge. she is a you know, we were in the labour party when we were young together when i had hair and hope. and, you know, she has obviously been completely apolitical. you know, ever since she was in the labour. well, i mean. >> many times does this have to happen? >> yeah. but i tell you what. you'd >> yeah. but i tell you what. yo
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